Francesca Woodman: Photographic Work (Paperback)

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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: University of Pennsylvania Press (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.com Sales Rank: #7,195,365 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

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

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.