Christien 013

Both model and photographer had to deal with a problem

of their own. Christien was limited to monovision as the left

lens is only 0.50 diopter short whereas the right lens is over

eight diopters too strong for her. Her court photographer was

struggling with the reflection of the light in the lenses. Needless

to say, anti-reflective coating did not exist in the late 1950's. 

The extreme difference in Rx between the lenses is manifest

in the minification, but also in the reflection of the light. Anyway,

we both tried to make the best of it.... In my youth, outdoor

pictures of ladies in glasses always produced this effect, so let's

keep it at a bit of nostalgia.

Refractive amblyopia is a serious problem nowadays, but it was

even more so in the late 1950's when contact lenses were not

generally available. I doubt if the first owner of the Preciosa

glasses saw more with them than Christien does here.

Thank you, Christien, for your willingness to do this experiment!