1. A method for recognizing a face in a first facial image, the method comprising: generating, by one or more processors, a set of facial appearance parameters that are derived from a first facial image; generating, by one or more processors, a graphics control vector based, at least in part, on the set of facial appearance parameters; generating, by one or more processors, a local inverse model of a graphics rendering process by building an image Jacobian matrix with respect to elements of the graphics control vector, the local inverse model being used to generate the adjusted vector; rendering, by one or more processors, a second facial image based on the graphics control vector; comparing, by one or more processors, the second facial image to the first facial image; generating, by one or more processors, an adjusted vector by adjusting one or more parameters of the graphics control vector such that a degree of similarity between the second facial image and the first facial image is increased, wherein the adjusted vector includes a biometric portion; and generating, by one or more processors, a first face representation based, at least in part, on the biometric portion of the adjusted vector.