#Untitled Providence Rhode Island

[arinewman7]

Untitled (Providence, Rhode Island)

Photography by Francesca Woodman

Gelatin silver print, 1975-78

Beautiful Dreamer

Stephen Foster

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Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me

Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee

[papillonnne2]

Francesca Woodman

Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island

[diana-andraste]

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-78

[yama-bato]

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975

[las-microfisuras]

Francesca Woodman

Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island

1976

[oyvinja]

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-76

[dennis3dots]

Francesca Woodman, Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975_

[fromthedust]

Francesca Woodman (American, 1958-1981)

Untitled - Providence, Rhode Island -1975-78

Self-portrait (birch sleeves) - Providence, Rhode Island - 1975-1978

Dancing Ghost - Providence, Rhode Island

Untitled ('trying my hand at fashion photography’ series) - Providence, Rhode Island  - 1978

contact sheet - Providence, Rhode Island - 1975-1978

Self-deceit #1 - Rome - 1978

from the Angel series - Rome - 1977

About Being My Model - Providence, Rhode Island - 1976

On Being An Angel - Providence, Rhode Island - 1976

Untitled

[arinewman7]

Untitled

Photography by Francesca Woodman

Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-78

[spinmeround]

Francesca Woodman

UNTITLED, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND (P/NF.400), 1978

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https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08084/Virginia-Woolf

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodman-untitled-providence-rhode-island-ar00356

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodman-space-providence-rhode-island-ar003

[k00279452]

Artist Research

Francesca Woodman

Woodman is a photographer who is known for her self portraits, often nude , of which are not in the usual sense . She distorts her images by having herself ‘hidden or obscured ‘ with slow exposure causing motion blur , creating a paranormal and unsettling aspect to her work , which I love .

Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island (1975–8)

Untitled, from Angel Series, Rome, Italy (1977)

Her work represent human fragility, as seen below of this self portrait of her , viewers can anticipate the next action , almost feeling the impact on their wrists .

Space²,Providence, Rhode Island (1976)

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/francesca-woodman-10512/finding-francesca

[nickgiles]

[RESEARCH] Francesca Woodman

Photos by Francesa Woodman: Left; Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976-1977. Right; Yet another leaden sky, Rome, 1977. All works are found in her portfolio on Artnet.

Francesca Woodman (1958 - 1981) is an American photographer who specialises in black and white photography. She was known to use long shutter speeds and double exposure to achieve ghostly effects in her work. All her work is self-portraits and often has reoccurring motifs like skulls and mirrors.

Her life was depressing, which was reflected in her work. Her work was sporadic in nature and often had a sense of urgency to it. She was quoted saying “Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not just this girl standing on the corner …?” An underwhelming response to her work as a photographer and a failed relationship sadly ended her life, jumping off a building in New York, at the age of 22.

Her work is heralded in modern times, whereas her work in the 1900s went unnoticed due to how graphic some of her work can be.

Something that caught my eye with her work is the chaos you find within them. Her photos are rarely centred; perhaps this was because of the technology of the time. The chaos gives a bit of fun to a rather sad and depressing shoot which reflected her state of mind. Acknowledging the chaos, I would like to bring this forward my work.

[daniellemunfordphotography]

12 Self Portraits by Different Photographers

Deana Lawson- Self portrait 2012

Man Ray - Untitled (Self Portrait with Camera), 1930, detail

Vivian Maier - Self-Portrait; October 18, 1953, New York, NY, detail

Left: Andy Warhol - Self Portrait in Drag, 1981 / Right: Andy Warhol - Self Portrait with Skulls, 1977

Jun Ahn - Self-Portrait, 2008

Left: Francesca Woodman - Space, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978, 1975. Captions, via Creative Commons  / Right: Francesca Woodman - Providence, Rhode Island, 1976, 1976

Carrie Mae Weems - The Kitchen Table Series, 1990

Trish Morrissey's photography from Kingsgate Bay, 2006

Cindy Sherman

Camille Valbusa

Lee Friedlander

Helping with the Harvest, 1985, South Dakota- Janet Neuhauser

[dawnchoruus]

'untitled, providence, rhode island' (1976)

image by francesca woodman

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[sorcadh]

Francesca Woodman - Angel series, 1977-1978

"In this photograph the artist has dressed herself in large crumpled sheets of paper, creating a ghostly form. This is one of a series of similar works by Woodman produced between 1977 and 1978 exploring the theme of angels, in which prolonged exposure is used to create a spectral blur. Taken in a deserted factory in Rome, Woodman uses abandoned debris to create an ethereal, mystical image in the tradition of Surrealism. The mythological theme of the angel is popular with Woodman and suggests a link with American fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville (born 1938). In the photograph she uses a mirror as a prop – it becomes a symbol of artistic self-reflexivity, reflecting the ‘eye’ of the camera back upon itself."

"Woodman produced this image from her Angel Series during a year spent abroad in Rome from 1977 to 1978, after gaining a scholarship from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In several other photographs in the Angel Series (reproduced Townsend 2006, pp.152–3, 159), Woodman takes on the form of the ‘angel’ more explicitly, making wings out of white sheets. Art historian Rosalind Krauss has suggested that the works produced during Woodman’s time at RISD were responses to studio assignments posed by university lecturers, with the Angel Series responding to a brief ‘to photograph something that doesn’t exist’ (Krauss 2000, p.162). Following such instructions, Woodman’s preparatory method was meticulous, as she invested time in making sketches of the layout of her photographic compositions before approaching the camera. The most recognisable trait of her practice, as art historian Harriet Riches notes, was the way ‘Woodman used herself to address the technical problems of focus, the creativity of composition or the spaces created through depth of field’ (Riches 2011, p.72). She preferred long, single exposures that simultaneously capture great surface and texture detail, and also allowed the blurring and obscuring of her subjects through movement. Therefore, despite her planning, Woodman ultimately left the final composition to chance. For her Angel Series, looking towards the theme of angelic spectral figures and the transitioning of states, this approach lent itself very well.

In this particular image a recognisable domestic space frames an unsettling staging of figures and objects, just out of reach beyond the doorframe. The viewer is privy to the scene, but excluded from observing the entire interior and its inhabitants. At first glance the rectangular form appears as another doorway, confusing the viewer’s immediate perception of the scene, in which normal objects disrupt the space and conceal the figures with an almost sculptural quality. As art historian Abigail Solomon-Godeau has noted, ‘the relationship constructed [in the photographer’s work] is not between the real woman and her image, but between the spectator and two equally unreal images’ (Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Photography at the Dock, Minneapolis 1991, p.255). Typical of Woodman's work, the still regularity of the board sits in contrast to the messiness of the crumpled paper, heightening the oppositionality of these two points of focus, as seen in Space², Providence, Rhode Island 1976 (Tate AR00350). It is therefore the single hand that becomes the focal point of the image: the dark human shape against the bright white of the rectangular form provides a sense of the uncanny."