Thanks for that info, Brian. v.8 doesn't offer such sn option. Has 
Apple been listening to users? Gasp!!!

Looks like an upgrade is in order.

Cheers, geoff

>With iPhoto '11 or version 9.1 [from iLife 11], you can choose 
>either to 'Find Faces' or not to do so.
>With older versions, I don't know.
>
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>Regards from brianF
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>
>On 20/12/2010, at 10:56 AM, paolo savonuzzi wrote:
>
>>  On 20/dic/2010, at 00.36, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
>>
>>>  Can the "faces" feature in iPhoto be turned off? if so, how?
>>
>>
>>  http://bit.ly/i6ppxg :-p
>>  --
>>  paolo