Depth of field - Madame Yevonde

While i have been researching into photographers you use depth of field, i have come accross Madame Yevonde, she was born Yevonde Cumbers Middleton in 1893 into a wealthy family was an English  Fine art, Fashion and Portrait photographer in the early 20th century.
She apprenticed herself to Lallie Charles, the leading society portrait photographer of the day, from whom she learned the rudiments of her chosen profession, and how to run a studio and before she had completed her apprenticeship, with the finacial help of her father, she set up her own photographic studio in 1914 at the age at 21. By 1921 Madame Yevonde had established her self as a well-known portrait photographer taking photographs of leading personalities such as A.A.Milne and Diana Mitford. In the early 1930s, Yevonde began experimenting with colour photography, using the new Vivex colour processand became one of the first photographers to exibit in colour.
Madame Yevonde was a great supporter of women rights throughout her life and i think that is what inspired the ideas for society women as mythical goddesses.It was in the 1930's when she started to take photos of society women as mythical goddesses. Her subjects where dressed in appropriate costumes such as roman and greek gods and goddesses which i think she uses short depth of field so that the subject is in focus and the background is blurry so your concerntration is on the women and there beauty.
                                                              The Goddesses

                                      Arethusa

 

Penthesilea - Queen of the amazon

 

Still Images

 

Madame Yevondas uses short depth of field with her still live images aswell.

 

                                      Lilies 

                                    Crisis

 

 

I think all the images i have put up all show short depth of field. Madame Yevonde liked to experiment alot with her work and is one of the great photographers of the 20th century. I like her playfullness towards her photographs and her use of colour. Her images for her times are modern.