Representing a collection of images of Gus Van Sant's extended family - the actors and actresses whom he has worked together with over the years. The faces in this book were originally taken with Polaroids used to cast the movies made by Gus Van Sant.. Beginning with the film "Mala Noche," he took the pictures of the lead actors, so that when planning details of the shoot could stare at the pictures and imagine the characters coming to life, and how they might visually relate to one another. As his films grew larger he used the Polaroids of the faces to do the initial casting. The bulk of these pictures are of people he had a meeting with about playing a part in either "Drugstore Cowboy" or "My Own Private Idaho." These were taken in casting sessions.