The invention discloses a 
graph embedding low-rank sparse representation 
recovery sparse representation face recognition method and belongs to the technical field of 
computer vision and mode recognition. The method comprises the steps that firstly, a 
graph embedding low-rank sparse representation 
recovery method is provided, a clean training sample 
data matrix with the high discrimination power can be recovered from a training sample 
data matrix, and meanwhile a training sample 
data error matrix is obtained; secondly, the sparse representation coefficient of face data to be recognized is obtained by using the clean training sample 
data matrix as a dictionary, using the training sample 
data error matrix as an error dictionary, and adopting the norm optimization technology; thirdly, according to the sparse representation coefficient of the face data to be recognized, class association reconstruction is carried out on the face data to be recognized; finally, a face image to be recognized is recognized based on the class association 
reconstruction error of the face data to be recognized. According to the 
graph embedding low-rank sparse representation 
recovery sparse representation face recognition method, the problem that the face recognition effect is poor on the conditions that a training 
sample image and an image to be recognized are polluted by 
noise or partially blocked can be solved.