World Sight Day 2023 Photo Contest

“This is a picture of my lovely daughter, and I can feel her happiness!”

“One of her passions is gardening. With her sunglasses, the sun is no longer stopping her from enjoying her hobby even under the sun's rays that hit the earth during summer. In one word, she is unstoppable!”

“Even though my daughter has congenital astigmatism, her glasses give her the right to see a nice world and work towards her aspiration of becoming a Peking opera singer!”

“Sunglasses protect the eyes and make my kids look good and fashionable.”

“My son is wearing Transitions lenses and he's so proud that his glasses get dark in the sun, just like Mom’s and Dad's glasses.”

“With friends, happiness comes from within, without filters or masks and where horizons have no limits. Collecting stories and immortalizing moments, this is the magic of life.”

“When we go to pick my son up in the evening, he always runs towards me and jumps on me! It feels great!”

“This image is very special because "smile is a sign of strength".”

“My daughter is happy to have sunglasses!”

“Wearing glasses can be seen as a negative thing – we would all like to have perfect vision – or  a positive thing – they enable people with vision problems to see clearly. This photo was deliberately taken with half the face facing the sun and half facing the shadow, as a metaphor for fact that wearing glasses is made up of a set of positive (light) and negative (dark) factors. It is ultimately up to the person to decide which philosophy to embrace.”

“This photo captures the joy of my son. I hope that one day he can fulfill his dreams of travelling on the train from the clouds to see the mountains in all their splendor.”

“This image shows a farmer happy to enjoy the fruits of her effort.”

“How glasses can make our lives happier…”

“When I see my son's picture, it instantly makes me smile, as his smile is infectious! Having glasses has helped correct his vision and has given him so much confidence to participate in things like dance, cheerleading, and miracle league baseball.”

“We make weekly trips to clean up the lagoon. This will forever be a core memory for our daughter. Never stop caring for the world we live in!”

“My daughter struggled in school. She did not like to read out loud and would cry at night when we read before bedtime. We suspected that she was having a hard time with her vision and a trip to the optician confirmed our suspicion. Now that she has her glasses she is doing much better with her school work and is having fun again in class. I love to see her reading and the confidence she now has to read out loud.”

“My daughter lost her father earlier this year and even though she missed him this Father’s Day, she was still excited to see her grandfather and give him his Father’s Day card. The look on her face shows how proud she was to have written the card and for him to read it is what 'sight' itself is all about.”

“Seeing more is being more, and good vision helps my son pursue his interest in chess!”

“My daughter looks smarter while wearing her glasses. She is very happy finding words on the map, reading small print or seeing close-up objects.”