Francesca Woodman
American Photographer
Date of Birth | : | 03 Apr, 1958 |
Date of Death | : | 19 Jan, 1981 |
Place of Birth | : | Denver, Colorado, United States |
Profession | : | Photographer |
Nationality | : | American |
Francesca Stern Woodman 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.
Life
Woodman was born in Denver, Colorado, to artists George Woodman and Betty Woodman (née Abrahams). Her mother was Jewish and her father was from a Protestant background. Her older brother, Charles, later became an associate professor of electronic art.
Death
On January 19, 1981, Woodman died by suicide at age 22 by jumping out of a loft window of the Barbizon Building on the East Side of New York City. An acquaintance wrote, "Things had been bad, there had been therapy, things had gotten better, guard had been let down". Her father has suggested that Woodman's suicide was related to an unsuccessful application for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. A lackluster response to her photography and a failed relationship had pushed her into the deep depression.
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