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Francesca Woodman was an influential American photographer known for her unique style and brief yet creatively rich career. Her work often focused on the relationship between the female body and space, as well as the use of light and shadow, showcasing a surreal aesthetic. Born in 1958 and dying in 1981, her works continue to have a profound impact on contemporary photography.

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“Things looked funny because my pictures depend on an emotional state... I know this is true and I thought about this for a long time. Somehow it made me feel very, very good.”

Knows Feels Long Made States Emotional Depends Long Time Very Good

Author:Francesca Woodman

“A lot of photography is making records of people, as objects, friends. It's like organizing a wardrobe - in terms of size etc.”

People Term Records Objects Photography Size Etc Wardrobe

Author:Francesca Woodman

“Now we come to the passage. You can just see a little peep of the passage in Looking-glass House, if you leave the door of our drawing room wide open: and it's very like our passage as far as you can see, only you know it may be quite different on beyond.”

Ifs Knows May Littles Different House Rooms Doors Glasses Wide Drawing Passages Glass Houses

Author:Francesca Woodman

“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?”

Body Girl Animal Standing Corners Ghost This Girl

Author:Francesca Woodman

“Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands”

Needs Hands Notes Translate

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“Real things don't frighten me just the ones in my mind do.”

Mind Real Real Things

Author:Francesca Woodman

“I finally managed to try to do away with myself, as neatly and concisely as possible. I would rather die young leaving various accomplishments, some work, my friendship with you, and some other artifacts intact, instead of pell-mell erasing all of these delicate things.”

Trying Young Dies Leaving Various Accomplishment Delicate My Friendship Artifacts Die Young Delicate Things

Author:Francesca Woodman

“I feel like I am floating in plasma I need a teacher or a lover I need someone to risk being involved with me. I am so vain and I am so masochistic. How can they coexist?”

Needs Feels Teacher Risk Lovers Involved Vain Floating Coexist Masochistic Plasma

Author:Francesca Woodman

“THIS ACTION THAT I FORESEE has nothing to do with melodrama It is that life as lived by me now is a series of exceptions I was (am?) not unique but special. This is why I was an artist”

Action Artist Special Unique Series Exception Melodrama

Author:Francesca Woodman

“I wish i could change my mind as easily as I change socks But then I don't change socks so easily”

Mind Wish Sock Don't Change

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“You cannot see me from where I look at myself”

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About the Author

Born: April 3, 1958
Died: January 19, 1981
Known for: Photographer
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