Francesca Woodman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Francesca Woodman
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Apr 3, 1958(1958-04-03)
Age	66
Date Of Death	1981-01-19
Birthplace	Denver
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Aries

Francesca Woodman Biography

Francesca Woodman is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on April 3, 1958 in Denver, Colorado, United States. American photographer who was well-known for her photos of herself and model women in white and black. A lot of her photos depict young, naked women who are blending into their surroundings.

She was influenced by photographs of Man Ray of She was influenced by photos by Man Ray of Meret Oppenheim..

Woodman took her first self-portrait at age thirteen and continued photographing herself until she died. She attended public school in Boulder, Colorado, between 1963 and 1971, except for second grade, which she attended in Italy, where the family spent many summers between school years. She began high school in 1972 at Abbot Academy, a private Massachusetts boarding school. There, she began to develop her photographic skills and became interested in the art form. Abbot Academy merged with Phillips Academy in 1973; Woodman graduated from the public Boulder High School in 1975. Through 1975, she spent summers with her family in Italy in the Florentine countryside, where the family lived on an old farm.

Beginning in 1975, Woodman attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island. She studied in Rome between 1977 and 1978 in an RISD honors program. Because she spoke fluent Italian, she was able to befriend Italian intellectuals and artists. She returned to Rhode Island in late 1978 to graduate from RISD.

She was the daughter of artists George Woodman and Betty Woodman and also had an older brother named Charles.

Francesca Woodman Net Worth

Francesca Woodman is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francesca Woodman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She attended her first Rhode Island School of Design in 1975. She then attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Rome from 1977 to 1978.

The majority of her photos using medium format cameras. She produced over 10,000 negatives that her parents kept following her suicide in the year 1981.

Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Francesca Woodman Dating?

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On January 19, 1981, Woodman took her life, aged twenty-two, jumping out of a loft window of a building on the East Side of New York City. An acquaintance wrote, “things had been bad, there had been therapy, things had gotten better, guard had been let down”. Her father has suggested that Woodman’s suicide was related to an unsuccessful application for funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. A lackluster response to her photography and a failed relationship had pushed her into the deep depression.

Facts & Trivia

Francesca Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Francesca Woodman celebrates birthday on April 3 of every year.

Public opinion has generally been favorable towards Woodman’s work. At the 1998 exhibition in Paris, many people had “strong reactions” to her “interesting” photographs. A number of people have found Woodman’s individual photos (for example “Self-portrait at 13”) or her photography in general inspirational.

What technique did Francesca Woodman use?

Woodman used long shutter speed and double exposure when photographing so that she could actively feature in her own work. This also meant that she could capture different stages of movement, in a way that could trace the pattern of time. As a result, her image is blurred, which suggests motion and urgency.

What kind of camera did Francesca Woodman use?

Woodman made a number of short films as well, along the same aesthetics of her photographs. Encouraged artistically by her family from a young age, Woodman received her first camera, a Yashica 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ , as a gift from her father, and she used it to take most of her photographs.

Where is Francesca Woodman from?

Denver, CO

Where can I see Francesca Woodman photos?

Woodman’s photographs are included in major museum collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Detroit Institute of Arts; …

What shutter speed does Francesca Woodman use?

I put the shutter speed to about 1/6 to make any movement blurred.