Photographer Silvia S Hagge started wearing glasses about 10 years ago. And that single event changed everything for her. Seeing the world through the glasses and then the camera to capture a moment was complicated over time. She points the issue as “At a certain point, I even had three pairs of glasses on my head. To see from far, near and to protect my eyes from the sun.”

Wearing glasses is a complicated matter. It’s a constant reality for the person who wears it. Shouldn’t lose it, break it, bend it, and on and on. So without any circumstances, people need to wear it to better vision. It’s an essential item for many people but comes with high maintenance. However, if you’re a photographer things get a little bit difficult with glasses.

Argentina-born photographer Silvia S Hagge is living in Singapore since 1996. She expresses herself with still images and words. Her work points that she travels a lot and documents what she sees with photographs. She traveled to Taiwan, France, Pakistan, India, Mongolia, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Greece, Turkey, Uruguay, Myanmar, and more. She made interviews with lensculture and upphotographers so just to see her words and still images gives the feeling of you met with a nice, humble person.

Silvia S Hagge’s Five Eyes series is a result of struggle and relationship with her glasses. After carrying three glasses she eventually switched to progressive glasses and not all the issues solved. They got dirty when they too close to the viewfinder, so they needed to be cleaned every time. And now, shoutout to the pandemic, wearing a face mask makes them foggy. So her frustration led her to take them off.

You can visit her website and follow her on Instagram.