from angel series, rome, september, 1977house #3, providence, rhode island, 1975-1976self portrait at thirteen, boulder, colorado, 1972 - 1975untitled, macdowell colony, peterborough, new hampshire, 1980self-deceit #5, rome, italy, 1978space², providence, rhode island, 1975-1978untitled, new york, 1979-1980untitled, new york, 1979-1980untitled, rome, italy, 1977-1978untitled, 1975-1980
francesca woodman was born in 1958 in denver, colorado but lived most of her life in new york. she started taking photographs at 13 and at 22 committed suicide by jumping from her new york apartment. in those few short years, she left an amazing body of work. in 1975, she attended the rhode island school of design in providence, rhode island. she then studied in rome from 1977 to 1978. most of her work was self-portraits with long exposures that blurred and merged her naked body with the surroundings...ethereal and ghostly images that are hard to describe. they are at once so personal and yet so distant and so, so beautiful. i love her work.