Nathalie & Kimberley 108

Identical twins posing in yet another couple of identical Rodenstock glasses from the mid 1980's. Nathalie (left) is wearing a pair fitted with lenses some two diopters above her own prescription. These glasses were used in my previous photo shoots with Astrid (316), Karen (198) and Margriet (181). Kimberley is wearing a pair of bifocals with a highly unusual prescription. The right lens is 5.50 diopters stronger than the left lens and on top of that, both lenses have a strong astygmatism of -5.00. The axis of these strong cylinders is vertical (close to 0 or if you wish, 180 degrees) and this influences the shape of her eyes in these portraits.