Description (in English)
The Face Codes, taken in Kyoto and Tokyo, are digital video stills that were later reworked and typified using identical parameters. The text running along the lower edge of the image, similar to subtitles in a non-synchronized film, represents the alphanumeric code of the respective image, which has been translated “back” into the Japanese code.
Source: Hubertus von Amelunxen (on author's project webiste)