Osi 226

Traditional myodisc glasses were a fairly common sighting in my childhood days in Amsterdam. Back in the 1950's there were no contact lenses, let alone lasic surgery or IOL implants. Everyone with extreme myopia was wearing myodisc glasses. I clearly remember that ladies in myodisc glasses always seemed a bit shy when one looked at them.
The first time I saw a lady in blended myodisc glasses was in Kufstein (Austria) in 1988. I was unaware of this new invention but the effect was fascinating. The lenses changed their aspect with every slight movement of the lady's head. The lady did not look handicapped or shy at all. Magic glasses....
My photo shoots are not just about frames but also about lenses. Osi kindly agreed to pose in these blended myodisc glasses. Here she is showing a characteristic feature of Lentilux: the "half moon" between the bowl and carrier lens, next to her left eye. Another characteristic of Lentilux is the way the carrier lens plays its tricks with the model's make-up. It took us quite a bit of experimenting to produce this portrait and we finally succeeded in the basement of the NPU headquarters.