Famous Photographer #24: Francesca Woodman

Francesca Woodman grew up with parents who were artists. She took most of her photographs in black and white. She would shoot herself and female models usually. Woodman is from Colorado, but attended Rhode Island School of Design for college. She moved to NYC and began a career in photography there. Unfortunately, no fashion photographers were interested and Woodman ended up committing suicide. Some videos that she shot at while in college are displayed in museums around the world. Before she died, she created many artist's books. She only had a few exhibitions during her life. In 2000, the movie The Fancy was created by Elisabeth Subrin and it examined Woodman's life. People seem to find Woodman's work favorable and intriguing.