Lines, shapes and facial features look stunning in black and white and may reveal the genuine emotions of the person being photographed.

In this selection of artistic black & white photographs that our Flickr community has shared with the Flickr Social and Flickr Heroes groups, we hope you gaze a bit deeper into the faces of these subjects.

Visit the complete Black & White Portraits gallery on Flickr to add more of your black and white images. You can also submit your best images to our Flickr Social group for a chance to be featured on Flickr social media channels!