Aleix Face Database
126 subjects; over 4000 images taken over 2 identical sessions 2 weeks apart; resolution 768x576; 24-bit raw images; controlled varying illumination, facial expression and occlusions; uncontrolled clothing, make-up, hairstyle; stored on 10 CDs; free downloads.
BioID Face Database
Dataset for face detection. 1521 gray level images, 384x286 pixel, 23 people with manually set eye positions.
Ljubljani CVL Face Database
114 persons, 7 images per person; resolution 640x480; color images; JPEGs; uniform background and lighting; side views; varying facial expressions; request database from researcher.
NIST FERET
Standard face database for the evaluation of face recognition systems.
Oulu Physics-Based Face Database
Images, skin spectral reflectance measurements of subjects, camera channel response and spectral power distribution of illuminants used. 111 subjects, 16 images per subject (32 images if glasses present); resolution 428x569; 24-bit RGB images; compressed BMPs; frontal faces; varying lighting; minor variation in pose; grey background; stored on 2 CDs; $50 charge.
The XM2VTS Database
Motion video, accompanying sound and individual images; 295 subjects, 4 recordings per subject over 4 months; color images; resolution 720x576; 32KHz 16-bit mono sound; zipped PPMs; varying posture; varying illumination (controlled); speaking subjects; stored on CDs and DVDs; cost recovery charge.
UMIST Face Database
564 images of 20 people, covering a range of poses from profile to frontal views. The files are all in PGM format, approximately 220 x 220 pixels in 256 shades of grey.
Yale Face Database
15 subjects, 11 images per subject; grayscale images; GIFs; center-light, with glasses, happy, left-light, without glasses, normal, right-light, sad, sleepy, surprised, winking; 6.5M free download; registration required.