Francesca Woodman has become one of the most talked about，studied and influential of late twentieth—century photographers．She started taking photographs when she was barely thirteen，and in less than a decade created a bodv of work that has now secured her reputation as one of the most original American artists of the 1970s．Woodman brought an understanding of Baroque painting，modernist art and contemporary Dost—Minimalist practice to her haunting，sensual，images．Both in her Work with models and in her sometimes disturbing self—portraits，she made a thoroughgoing challenge to the certainties of photography.

Francesca Woodman has become one of the most talked about，studied and influential of late twentieth—century photographers．She started taking photographs when she was barely thirteen，and in less than a decade created a bodv of work that has now secured her reputation as one of the most original American artists of the 1970s．Woodman brought an understanding of Baroque painting，modernist art and contemporary Dost—Minimalist practice to her haunting，sensual，images．Both in her Work with models and in her sometimes disturbing self—portraits，she made a thoroughgoing challenge to the certainties of photography.

Interested in how people relate to space，and how the three—dimensional WOrld can be reconciled with the two dimensions of thephotographic image，Woodman played complex games of hide—and—seekwith her camera．0ne of the enduring appeals of her work is the way inwhich she constructs enigmas that trap our gaze．She depicts herself seemingly fading into a flat plane．merging with a wall under thewallpaper，dissolving into the floor，or flattening herself behind glass．She constantly compares the fragility of her own body with the physical environment around her．Irascinated by transformation and the permeability of seemingly fixed boundaries，Woodman COnjures in her work the Drecarious moment between adolescence and adulthood，between presence and absence．

This comprehensive monograph includes over 200 ofWoodman’s works—some of which have never been exhibited or Published before—as well as previously unseen extracts from heriournals，selected and introduced by her father，George Woodman．There are examples of her large—scale‘blue—prints’，and reproductions of her artist’s books，including Some Disordered Interior Geometries，which was Dublished in 1981．the year she took her own life．An extensive text by Chris Tbwnsend examines the influences of Gothic literature，Surrealism．feminism and post—Minimalist art on Woodman’s photographs，as well as placing her in relation to her contemporaries，such as Cindy Sherman and Richard Prince．This book confirms Woodman’s position as one of America’s most talented and important artists since 1970，with a legacy lasting well beyond her own time．

SCATTERED IN SPACE AND TIME by Chris Townsend

Introduction

The Dissident Tradition in American Photography

American Gothic

Woodman and Surrealism

Feminist Photography

A Post—Minimal Photography

ln the Tradition of the Self—Portrait

Conclusion

THE WORK

Early Work

Providence，Rhode Island

Italy

New York

MacDowell Colony,New Hampshirej/Stanwood，Washington

DOCUMENTS

Postcards and Studies

Artist’s Books

Seething with Ideas by George Woodman

JournaI Extracts

Tellthe TrUth by Betsy Berne

Chronology

Bibliography

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