Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman is a photographer who was born into a family of artists. Born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado. His interest in photography came at a very early age, since at 13 he was starting with his early works. Quickly took the job in black and white, choosing a format of 21 / 4 inches. Between the years 1975 and 1979 he was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design in Provedence, and was accepted into the Honors Program that allowed him to live for one year in school property at Palazzo Cenci in Rome. During this period many of the photographs presented herself as the model, and because of the scheme imposed by the school to live in a precarious situation, are performed in empty rooms or with minimal furniture.
Some of the writers of biographies or their catalogs, felt that imbalanced and a woman with mental problems, which were the cause for which decided to commit suicide in 1981 with just 23 years.
In a letter in late 1980, written to his friend from school, Sloan Rankin, he said: "My life here is like a very old sediment in a cup of coffee and would prefer to die young, leaving a number of achievements ... instead of going atropelladamente erasing all these things ... delicate. "
A very large gallery of his work can be seen here.
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[...] On January 19 1981, the American photographer Francesca Woodman committed suicide by jumping from the window of his apartment in New York. He was 22 years and a few days earlier had published his first and only book, Some messy internal geographies. Woodman left a book of 500 photographs, some of which are part of the current shows at the Photographers Gallery in London. (more) is a photographer born in a family of artists. Born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado. His interest in photography came at a very early age, since at 13 he was starting with his early works. Between the years 1975 and 1979 he was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design in Provedence, and was accepted into the Honors Program that allowed him to live for one year in school property at Palazzo Cenci in Rome. Some of the writers of biographies or their catalogs, felt that imbalanced and a woman with mental problems, which were the cause for which decided to commit suicide. In a letter in late 1980, written to his friend from school, Sloan Rankin, he said: "My life here is like a very old sediment in a cup of coffee and would prefer to die young, leaving a number of achievements ... instead of going atropelladamente erasing all of these things sensitive. " (text) If you want to know his work, here [...]
I find it very interesting work of Woodman, though overshadowed by his early death is a good place to install the feminist discourse of the 70s onwards and indeed the very practice of art. Conducted an investigation that covers your stay in Rome and the work done, agrdeceria some information (text, not pictures) or via web publications rtadicionales. Thank you very much, Antonio.