Francesca Woodman

1958–1981

Untitled (FW crouching behind umbrella) c.1980
© Woodman Family Foundation / Artist’s Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London
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Biography

Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models.

Many of her photographs show women, naked or clothed, blurred (due to movement and long exposure times), merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured.

Her work continues to be the subject of much positive critical attention, years after her death at the age of 22, in 1981.

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