ghost eyes

Posted by Ryan (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) on 14 September 2009 in Business & Industry.

This is an advertisement around the corner from our apartment. Obviously, the eyes have been overdone, but why? To emphasize foreignness? I don't know why, but Christine's eyes are a very clear grey/green that Taiwanese often start at when they notice them, calling them ghost eyes. Not crazy like this, but she wonders about how she is perceived by others because of them.

Canon IXUS 960 IS
1/160 second
F/5.8
ISO 400
29 mm

advertising
foreigner
taiwan
kaohsiung