In the world of portraiture Alexander has found himself an unexplored area, the ear. The ‘Year of the Ear’ series is a census – the ear is more crowded than ever – already under assault from eyewear, headphones and earrings, we’ve now had to add a mask to the whole situation. Alexander hopes that the isolated view implicates the imagination of the viewer to fill in the rest of the details – age, occupation, class…