about the make up: mike had his eyebrows, eyeleine and lipline tattooed, so he would look like wearing makeup anyway. when you blow the photo up, you see that there is no make up on his face. he has stubbles and the skin is not 'one color smooth'.
ben has a small digicam in his hand there, i would figure that he has a more professional one for his usual work. the timing would fit, since mike looked about 10 years younger in the ambulance pic. so maybe that was indeed the occasion when the shot later used for the ambulance pic was made. i'm thinking anyways that this whole thing was planned at least 10 years in advance.
interesting that there is an edited version with ben cut off... :mrgreen: