%0 Journal Article %J Handbook of face recognition %D 2011 %T Illumination modeling for face recognition %A Basri,R. %A Jacobs, David W. %X In this chapter, we show that effective systems can account for the effects of lighting using fewer than 10 degrees of freedom. This can have considerable impact on the speed and accuracy of recognition systems. We will describe theoretical results that, with some simplifying assumptions, prove the validity of low-dimensional, linear approximations to the set of images produced by a face. %B Handbook of face recognition %P 169 - 195 %8 2011/// %G eng %R 10.1007/978-0-85729-932-1_7