The purpose of this series of images is to capture the world as a person may see it. The idea for the project was the result of the inability of cameras to accurately and naturally record a scene as a person perceives it. It is too easy to see view a picture and forget that a person is behind the camera.

I use the frames of the glasses to remind the viewer of the photographer and chose to photograph common, impersonal sights that the glasses wearer sees while going about their day. The restricted area in the lenses of the glasses allows precise control over the focus of the scene. This intense focus on a small portion of the overall scene forces the viewer of the image to look at whatever caught the eye of the person “wearing” the glasses. It naturally encourages the viewer to consider what the person in the glasses is thinking, doing, and feeling.

The photos were taken at MIT and the Charles River Esplanade on a Tuesday afternoon with a few more taken that same night. I shot with an Olympus OM-1N using both 28-105mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.8 lenses. When using the 50mm lens, the glasses were held about a foot in front of the camera by taping them to rulers and holding the rulers with the camera. When using the 28-105 lens, the glasses were close enough to the camera to simply be hand held.