francesca woodman

from angel series, rome, september, 1977

house #3, providence, rhode island, 1975-1976

self portrait at thirteen, boulder, colorado, 1972 - 1975

untitled, macdowell colony, peterborough, new hampshire, 1980

self-deceit #5, rome, italy, 1978

space², providence, rhode island, 1975-1978

untitled, new york, 1979-1980

untitled, new york, 1979-1980

untitled, rome, italy, 1977-1978

untitled, 1975-1980

francesca woodman was born in 1958 in denver, colorado but lived most of her life in new york. she started taking photographs at 13 and at 22 committed suicide by jumping from her new york apartment. in those few short years, she left an amazing body of work. in 1975, she attended the rhode island school of design in providence, rhode island. she then studied in rome from 1977 to 1978. most of her work was self-portraits with long exposures that blurred and merged her naked body with the surroundings...ethereal and ghostly images that are hard to describe. they are at once so personal and yet so distant and so, so beautiful. i love her work.