Mask or Shadow?

[JHDK]

You guys see this silly debate? People think this guy was wearing a Mission Impossible hyper realistic mask. Others think it was just a weird shadow from the studio lights.

Let's settle it here once and for all. Whatever DRC decides is the truth and will end the debate in perpetuity.

 

[JHDK]

I have a clear opinion but I don't want to be the first vote.

 

[Madison]

I'll say it looks like a mask but is a shadow

 

[Channel98]

In the picture on the right, Harward's eyebrows are different, many facial lines and creases are gone and his neck looks very different – but I think this could be attributed to bright studio lights and/or a filter used on the camera. I say the spot on his neck is a shadow but I have no idea what caused it.

 

[Madison]

In "Vanilla Sky" David, the Multi-Millionaire, wore a mask when Cameron Diaz crashed his face into the wall with the car. Maybe this guy had a recent accident

 

[HecticArt]

That sure looks like some sort of mask.
His neck and the mask neck move differently. That's not what shadows do,