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psikonauti · 1 month

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Yevonde Middleton (aka Madame Yevonde) (English,1893-1975)

Shell, 1937

tri-colour separation negative

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gacougnol · 5 months

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Madame Yevonde

Olga Burnett (née Herard) as Persephone

1935

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lucienballard · 8 months

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Vivien Leigh, London by the amazing Madame Yevonde, Kodachrome colour dye transfer print, September, 1936.

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the-cricket-chirps · 6 months

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Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Cumbers Middleton)

John Gielgud as Richard I in Richard of Bordeaux

1933

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fawnvelveteen · 1 year

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Mrs Charles Sweeny (Margaret, Duchess of Argyll) as Helen of Troy

Photograph: The Yevonde Portrait Archive

#margaret duchess of argyll #Helen of Troy #Mrs Charles Sweeny #madame yevonde #1930s #veil

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thejazzera · 6 days

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Madame Yevonde, Miss Ursula Packe, 1934

Found in Fyama.

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eccentricks · 2 months

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Dorothy, Duchess of Wellington as Hecate, Madame Yevonde, 1935. / Self-Portrait with Hecate, Madame Yevonde, 1939.

“It is perhaps fitting that the very last image Yevonde produced during this time should have been a self-portrait pregnant with symbolism and hidden meaning.

The image of Hecate from the Goddess series of portraits of society ladies in classical costume is centrally positioned at the top of the image, as if presiding over the scene below. In ancient times, Hecate, the Moon Goddess and Goddess of the Night and Witches, was frequently portrayed with three heads, representing the waxing, full, and waning phases of the moon.

In her autobiography In Camera, Yevonde described this image of Hecate from the Goddess series as the most interesting of them all. One can but regret that she did not elaborate on this remark since the image must clearly have held some special significance for her to justify its inclusion in the self-portrait and would suggest that in some way or other, Yevonde felt a special bond with her.

In the circumstances, it would perhaps not be too fanciful to suggest that the full moon aspect of Hecate presiding at the top of the self-portrait, as if over Yevonde’s fate, could signify that her life and career had reached their highest point, and that from then onwards, her fortunes would decline like the waning moon. If so, then this was clearly a prophetic statement, since she never again achieved the preeminence she had enjoyed during the inter-war years.”

—Lawrence N. Hole in “The Goddesses: Portraits by Madame Yevonde

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hauntedbystorytelling · 2 years

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Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa'. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG Given by Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers)), 1971

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Arethusa was a wood nymph from Elis, associated with the goddess Artemis. Pursued relentlessly by the river-god Alpheus, Arethusa begged for Artemis's help in escaping his attentions. The goddess opened up a passage under the sea which enabled Arethusa to emerge as a spring in Syracuse, on the island of Ortygia (Sicily) - hence the seaweed in Yevonde's sitter's hair. (quoted from src)

#1930s #arethusa #bridget poulett #color photography #hairdo #Madame Yevonde #npg #portrait #Porträt #retrato #ritratto #portret #retrat #Bildnis #role portrait #yevonde cumbers middleton

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goodwilltemptation · 8 months

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#madame yevonde #photography #fashion #30s #1930s #thirties #early color photography #feminine #women #surreal

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slack-wise · 9 months

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Madame Yevonde. Portrait of model with dog, 1937/c.

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abwwia · 3 months

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Yevonde by Yevonde

dye transfer print, 1940

14 7/8 in. x 12 in. (378 mm x 305 mm)

Purchased, 1995

Primary Collection | NPG P620

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leitoracomcompanhia · 2 years

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Ema

“Ela queria amar duma maneira heróica, abusiva, selvagem. o Amor assim é blasfemo. A emergência dum amor pessoal, que levanta a suspeita antiquíssima da feitiçaria, era insuportável e era iníqua. Porque a sociedade cada vez mais procura estar precavida contra a paixão cega que sintoniza o desejo de dominar a morte, de deter o envelhecimento, de prolongar o prazer carnal como um direito divino.”

Agustina Bessa Luís, Vale Abraão. Fotografia de Madame Yevonde.

#Agustina Bessa Luís #Vale Abraão #Madame Yevonde #portrait photography

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gacougnol · 5 months

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