Glasses project
Since we arrived we have noticed that a lot of people wear glasses in Taiwan. We could find some statistics that around 90% of the young people have to wear glasses or contact lenses. With these figures, there is obviously fashion around glasses.
One of the most funny trends is to find people that wear glasses with NO LENSES, so they just have the frame of the glasses.
It is easy to find these kind of glasses in small shops on the streets in the night markets. Actually is another complement as it would be a hat, earrings or bracelets.
21-Aug-2010 17:35, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 400
So we decided to, with the help of our friend Nina, go out and ask people on the street to let us take a picture of them with this kind of glasses. Thank you to all the nice Taiwanese people that let us take pictures of them.
21-Aug-2010 16:39, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 800
21-Aug-2010 16:41, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 1600
21-Aug-2010 17:28, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 5.0, 35.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 17:29, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 640
21-Aug-2010 17:35, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 17:33, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 560
21-Aug-2010 17:35, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 640
21-Aug-2010 17:37, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 5.0, 35.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 17:43, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 450
21-Aug-2010 17:48, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 800
21-Aug-2010 17:58, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 5.0, 35.0mm, 0.01 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 18:00, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 640
21-Aug-2010 18:04, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.5, 35.0mm, 0.013 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 18:07, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 500
21-Aug-2010 18:10, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 400
21-Aug-2010 18:12, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 360
21-Aug-2010 18:17, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 500
21-Aug-2010 18:26, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.2, 35.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
21-Aug-2010 18:50, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 800
21-Aug-2010 18:52, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:25, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.5, 35.0mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:28, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.5, 35.0mm, 0.02 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:32, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.2, 35.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:24, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:49, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 450
28-Aug-2010 21:26, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.2, 35.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 22:04, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 2.8, 35.0mm, 0.033 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 21:21, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 3.2, 35.0mm, 0.025 sec, ISO 800
28-Aug-2010 22:06, NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D5000, 4.0, 35.0mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 640
It is not only at Taiwan that they seem to be crazy about glasses, through a friend from OneVillageFoundation (a Taiwanese NGO which has some projects in Ghana) we also discovered an Kenyan artist from the Maker Faire Africa 2010, who also creates funny works inspiring on glasses. Worth visiting his gallery of design glasses.
Written by Albert
hen hao!!! Muy bien!!!
Ei que fort. Cuands Montillas apoloniats. Xist
Una moda ben curiosa!!
Merci per un post tan graciós!
Us anem seguint! ;-)
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No ho sé… a mi em sembla que jo pagaria per no haver de portar-ne d’ulleres!
Tothom vol el que no té!!! Tots les porten negres i jo blanques com el cabell.
Quina tela! Una moda que tambe es porta aqui al Japo, tan curiosa com tonta… i pensar que a lescola si portaves ulleres et deien “gafotas” i ara es lo que es porta….com canvien els temps!
És curiós. Però jo, sense les meves ulleres, no veig bé les ulleres del reportatge.