Francesca Woodman: Photographic Work [Paperback]

Ann Gabhart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1991

A collection of photographs taken by Francesca Woodman from childhood until her early death at 22. Providing an exploration of feminine identity, the photographs focus on three main themes: the female staged, the female as spectacle and the female as image.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr (June 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081221370X
• ISBN-13: 978-0812213706
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,137,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Woodman is worth the search, November 5, 2003

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Susan Cummings (Baytown, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Francesca Woodman: Photographic Work (Paperback)

This book is the companion to the 1986 exhibition of Francesca Woodman's photography at Wesley Colleg Museum and Hunter College Art Gallery. Woodman's work is incredibly powerful. A photographic prodigy, she imbued her work with insight, power, longing and sorrow. Her imagery of herself calls forth important discussions of meaning and value of what it is to be a woman, feminity, otherness and exclusion. By the time of her death at 22 in 1978, Woodman had created a compelling body of work that cannot be ignored by anyone looking for non-political interpretations of the reality of the feminine. The accompanying catalogue essay by Abigail Solomon-Godeau is helpful in that it places Woodman's work within a philosophical, critical and theoritical framework. Too bad this book is out of print. If you find a copy, snatch it up.