Francesca Woodman

Self-Portrait talking to Vince,

Providence, RI, 1977
Background
- Born on April 3rd, 1958
- Her mother was a potter; her father was a painter
- Began developing photography skills in high school
- Died on January 19th, 1981 at age 22 while living in
Manhattan
- Created over 800 prints within her lifetime
Photography
- Interested and inspired by the human body and its form
- Used herself and other women as models
- Nudity was not meant to be provocative, but a form of
expression
- Photos were mostly black and white and used soft
lighting
Untitled, Rome, 1977-1978
 When we look at someones work,
we dont look at what is this telling
us about that person? we talk about
what does the work of art say?
Forget the artist.

~George Woodman, on his

daughters photography

Self-deceit #1, Rome, Italy, 1978

Methods
- Used film photography
- Photos were taken on a small scale
- Slow shutter speed used in order to create blurred
images
- Gloomy mood was achieved by manipulating composition
and light
Untitled, Rome, 1977-1978
Space2, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1976
Untitled, Rome, 1977-1978
Shes a fragile person...it caused her to make beautiful
pictures.

~Sloan Rankin

Francescas photographs should be looked at for the

photographs they are, and not looked at because they
were made by a person with a perhaps unusual
history.

~George Woodman
Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978 Untitled, New York, 1979-1980
Untitled, New York, 1979-1980 Self-Portrait at Thirteen, Boulder, Colorado, 1972
Space2, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978
References
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Holden, Stephen. Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Suicide. The New York Times, The New York Times, 18
Jan. 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/movies/19wood.html?mcubz=1. Accessed 30 Sept. 2017.

In Past Show Francesca Woodman. On Being an Angel at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Francesca
Woodman | Self-Portrait talking to Vince, Providence, Rhode Island (1977) | Artsy, Artsy, 2017,
www.artsy.net/artwork/francesca-woodman-self-portrait-talking-to-vince-providence-rhode-island. Accessed 30
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Willis, Scott, director. The Woodmans. 2010, Accessed 29 Sept. 2017.