I have been thinking lately about what Dorothy Parker said:
"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."
Of course, she was probably being satirical or sarcastic or cynical... One of those; She was good at all of them.
I don't think it is all that true, anyway. But women seem to think so. At the time I began thinking about this, out of about 700 head and shoulder photo-booth portraits, I could find only eleven women with spectacles. Oddly there were only three photo-booth portraits of men with glasses.
The habit seems to relax eventually. Glasses become a fashion statement. Studio portraits and snapshots of women with spectacles seem to increase as time goes by.
Here is what could be found of women wearing glasses. It's limited to shots of just one person. Okay, except for the first one.
What do you think?
You have to see this on in large size
to see the spectacles.
Deary me.
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What a grand category I had not thought of. I have few shots of women wearing glasses other than my grandmothers. I mostly remember glasses coming off when cameras showed up. Always held behind their back. You've got some grand shots!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yes, I think that happens most often; the glasses come off and are held out of sight.
ReplyDeleteAnd it’s not always vanity or Dorothy Parker that prompts them to do that. A portrait photographer often recommends it to avoid reflection of the flash. And as in the first one on the page, thicker glasses might distort the image a bit.