Nostalgia 142 Farishta

Glasses: Silhouette 1301, made in 1989
[L: -12.00; c-1.00 v / R: -14.00]

Cheerful Farishta reacting on praise from my side for her excellent posing in strong glasses.

This photo marks the end of this "newly" (2014) edited series of portraits from the first (2009) and the second (2010) photo shoot with this extraordinary model.

A word of thanks goes to my senior brother in law Hans for recently retrieving this material from a PC believed to have been crashed beyond repair in 2014.

Wishing all viewers of my weblogs a healthy, happy, prosperous 2018 !

Nostalgia 140 - 141 Farishta

Glasses: Menrad 1232, early / mid 1990's
[L: -14.25; c-1.50 o / R: -12.50; c-1.00 o]

Contrasting expressions, both with a natural direct eye contact with the photographer. Great!

Nostalgia 138 - 139 Farishta

Glasses: Luxotica, early 1990's
[L: -14.00; c-2.00 o / R: -14.50]

Excellent posing by lovely Farishta showing that a young woman can look gorgeous in glasses, even when the lenses are quite strong.

Nostalgia 137 Farishta

Glasses: Sunjet (Carrera), early / mid 1990's
[L: -10.00; c-2.00 h / R: -12.00; c-2.00 o]

One of my favorites from the epic second photo shoot with lovely Farishta.

Nostalgia 136 Farishta

Glasses: Atelier Austria
[L: -9.00 / R: -10.00 / bif add 2.00]

Another pair from the convent,

Nostalgia 135 Farishta

Glasses: Zenni 2351
[L=R: -8.00]

Nostalgia 132 - 134 Farishta

Glasses: Rodenstock (Anita), 1980's
[L: -7.75 / R: -9.25]

Nostalgia 131 Farishta

Glasses: Gan Aimh, circa 1980
[L: -5.50; c-1.00 v / R: -6.50]

Nostalgia 130 Farishta

Glasses: Gan Aimh, late 1980's
[L: -4.25 / R: -5.25]

Nostalgia 127 - 129 Farishta

Glasses: Zenni 3310
[L: -19.25 / R: -19.75]

Concentrated posing by lovely Farishta, creating a natural eye contact with her keen photographer. There is no way of telling that these are not her own glasses and that all she saw was a massive blur. Under such circumstances, it's essential to keep talking constantly. Farishta commented "I always thought that my minus six is strong but it can be a lot worse!".

Nostalgia 126 Farishta

Glasses: Marwitz, late 1970's
[L: -14.00; c-2.00 o / R: -15.50]

The lenses in these glasses are no less than 0.6 inch thick, creating a tunnel effect.

Nostalgia 125 Farishta

Glasses: RUG Verane, late 1980's
[L: -10.00 / R: -11.00 / var add 3.50]

If my memory serves me correctly, these progressives were kindly donated by an optician who claimed they came from a convent.

Nostalgia 121 - 124 Farishta

Glasses: Christian Dior 2019, early 1980's
[L: -9.00; c-0.50 v / R: -9.00; c-0.75 v]

A classic example of how frames were designed to hide lens thickness of one centimeter at the edges. High index lenses were not on the market yet.

Nostalgia 120 Farishta

Glasses: Rodenstock J 202, late 1970's
[L: -8.00; c-1.00 h / R: -7.25]

Innocent intimacy. The sweet irony is priceless.

Nostalgia 119 Farishta

Glasses: Metzler, late 1970's
[L: -11.50 / R: -8.50; c-1.50 o]

Nostalgia 118 Farishta

Glasses: Essel Boutique (Sandra), early 1970's
[L: -7.00 / R: -8.00 / bif add 2.00]

Nostalgia 117 Farishta

Glasses: MC Paris, mid 1970's
[L: -9.50; c-1.25 o / R: -9.25; c-2.00 o / bif add 2.25]

The weight of these bifocals with glass lenses is quite heavy but lovely Farishta was not bothered by anything.

Nostalgia 116 Farishta

Glasses: Actuell, 1970's
[L: -10.00; c-2.50 v / R: -9.25; c-1.50 v]

Nostalgia 114 - 115 Farishta

Glasses: Viennaline (Formlenti)
[L: -13.00; c-1.00 o / R: -14.00]

Nostalgia 113 Farishta

Glasses: Metzler, 1980's
[L=R: -11.50]

Nostalgia 112 Farishta

Glasses: Gan Aimh, early / mid 1990's
[L: -6.50; c-0.75 o / R: -8.50; c-1.50 o]

Nostalgia 109 - 111 Farishta

Glasses: nicknamed the "Snowy Princess", from China
[L=R: -25.00]

A second photo shoot for the same photographer is always easier than the first. Especially the top portrait testifies to that.

Nostalgia 107 - 108 Farishta

Glasses: Depai, from China (frosted myodisc lenses)
[L=R: -22.00]

Nostalgia 104 - 106 Farishta

Glasses: Gan Aimh, from China
[L=R: -23.00]

It did not take Farishta long to get used to the massive blur created by ultra strong lenses and soon she was posing in a pair four times as strong as her own prescription of minus six. The direct eye contact was great and her radiant smile in the upper portrait was simply priceless.

Nostalgia 103 Farishta

Glasses: Ligo Optik (Kathy)
[L: -13.00 / R: -14.00]

These glasses were a welcome find in one of many charity shops at the south coast of England, almost twenty years ago. This was my favorite from the series of lovely Farishta posing in them.

Nostalgia 102 Farishta

Glasses: Bausch & Lomb. early to mid 1970's
[L: -11.00 / R: -12.00]

With Farishta doing so well during her second photo shoot, it made sense to let her try at least some glasses well beyond her prescription of minus six. 

Nostalgia 101 Farishta

Glasses: Metzler, 1970's
[L: -3.50 / R: -4.25]

Nostalgia 100 Farishta

Glasses: Zeiss, 1980's
[L: -4.25; c-2.25 o / R: -4.75; c-1.50 o]

Another pair not used in any photo shoot since this fine "Mona Lisa" portrait of lovely Farishta.

Nostalgia 099 Farishta

Glasses: Viennaline, 1970's
[L: -4.00 / R: -5.00]

Another long forgotten "Waterlooplein" treasure.

Nostalgia 098 Farishta

Glasses: Rodenstock (Celia), 1980's
[L=R: -5.00]

Nostalgia 097 Farishta

Glasses: Jean Lafont, late 1980's
[L: -8.50 / R: -6.50]

Nostalgia 096 Farishta

Glasses: Silhouette 1200, made in 1985
[L: -3.25; c-2.50 o / R: -7.00; c-1.00 o]

Another pair with a major difference in strength between both lenses. In spite of the fact that her own prescription of minus six is halfway both lenses, Farishta produced a pleasing and above all, natural portrait. There is no way of telling that these are not her own glasses.

Nostalgia 095 Farishta

Glasses: Yves St. Laurent, 1980's
[L: -6.25; c-1.00 h / R: -5.50; c-1.00 h / bif add 2.25]

Another giant pair of glasses, this time from Germany. Not featured in any photo shoot since Farishta put them on the map.

Nostalgia 094 Farishta

Glasses: Saphira, 1980's
[L: -6.00 / R: -4.50; c-0.50 h]

Another almost forgotten pair, acquired in Austria. Farishta always saw the fun of trying out some crazy frames. The lenses gave her perfect vision in the left eye and a bit of a blur in the right eye.

Nostalgia 093 Farishta

Glasses: Gan Aimh, 1980's
[L=R: -4.50; c-0.50 h]

These glasses with straight arms were acquired in Switzerland. The style is similar to Christian Dior but the absence of their logo indicates that the frame is a cheaper alternative.