This event has finished Took place on: Friday, 21st Jul 2023
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Clare Freestone, curator of the exhibition Yevonde: Life and Colour introduces the trailblazing twentieth-century photographer Yevonde.
Throughout the lecture, you will be taken behind the scenes into the planning and staging of this exhibition of Yevonde’s pioneering colour photography, highlighting work undertaken with her negative archive. The talk explores key exhibition themes, including Yevonde’s position as a woman photographer and the dissemination of her work through the illustrated press.
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2023-07-21
2023-07-21
Europe/London
Curator’s introduction: Yevonde: Life and Colour
Clare Freestone, curator of the exhibition Yevonde: Life and Colour introduces the trailblazing twentieth-century photographer Yevonde.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2023/07/21/curators-introduction-yevonde-life-and-colour-335645
National Portrait Gallery,St Martin's Place, London,London,
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