{"product_id":"yevonde-life-and-colour-9781855145634","title":"Yevonde: Life and Colour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first comprehensive monograph on the forgotten radical innovator of color photography and mythic, surreal portraiture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe British photographer Yevonde was a businesswoman and tireless creator; as an innovator committed to color photography when it was not considered a serious medium, her work is significant in the history of portrait photography. Yevonde's portraits embody glorified tradition countered with a desire for the new; her most renowned body of work is a series of women dressed as goddesses posed in surreal tableaux from the 1930s. Yevonde championed photography during a time when there were few women photographers working professionally, and this book tells the story of her life, her works and her 60-year career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYevonde: Life and Colour\u003c\/i\u003e brings the photographer's works together for the first time in 20 years. With an abundance of reproductions, and featuring previously unpublished works, the book showcases her experimentation with a range of techniques and genres including color photography, portraiture, still lifes, solarization and the Vivex color process, and repositions her as a key modern artist of the 20th century. It also provides in-depth context for Yevonde's images, considering their aesthetic and mythic references.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYevonde\u003c\/b\u003e (1893-1975), also known as Madame Yevonde, was a London-based photographer of portraits and still lifes whose motto was \"be original or die.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"National Portrait Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719915147538,"sku":"9781855145634","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_335c39b1-767a-44be-9231-1dea70cd5757.jpg?v=1734670651","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yevonde-life-and-colour-9781855145634","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}