CHRIS HAY
CHRIS HAY

IDEAS · SYSTEMS · OBJECTS / LONDON · 2026

Objects I return to ↖

01 / Seeing

Things I
look through.

Chris’s black Swanwick frames with amber lenses resting on a pale wooden surface.
Swanwick / My pairPhotograph by Chris Hay

I’m sensitive to light.
Always sunglasses outside.
Usually Swanwicks indoors.

01 / In the videos

Swanwick.

The pair you see on screen.

I’m sensitive to light. I always wear sunglasses outside and usually wear my Swanwicks indoors. These are the glasses I wear in my videos.

Watch the film
Chris wearing his black Swanwick frames with orange lenses in his studio, with the film’s original terminal overlay.
My pair, in use / I Quantized Qwen3.8-27B · silent excerpt · Chris Hay

02 / Outside / The wider collection

A few ways
of looking.

My Swanwicks, Ray-Bans and Frogskins are photographed here. The other images are labelled reference pairs; their colours and finishes may differ from mine.

02 / Oakley

Juliet

Reference Oakley Juliet with a dark metal frame and gold mirrored lenses.
Reference pair · Juliet / Carbon · Fire Iridium300700 ↗

My pair / For special occasions

One of my favourite old pairs. Metallic and classy, formal but casual. I wear them for special occasions and formal events. I love how they look.

03 / Ray-Ban

Wayfarer

Chris’s black Ray-Ban frames with red-orange mirrored lenses resting on a pale wooden surface.
Ray-Ban / My pairPhotograph by Chris Hay

04 / Oakley

Eye Jacket

Reference black Oakley Eye Jacket frames with curved oval lenses.
Reference pair · Eye Jacket / Black300700 ↗

05 / Oakley

Frogskins

Chris’s translucent Oakley Frogskins with gold mirrored lenses resting on a pale wooden surface.
Frogskins / My pairPhotograph by Chris Hay