Week One - shutter Research

Francesca Woodman
American photographer Francesca Woodman has eighteen rare vintage black and white photographs in the Artist Rooms display, from a collection once owned by the artist’s boyfriend. Woodman’s photographs exhibit many influences, from symbolism and surrealism to fashion photography and Baroque painting. They have a timeless quality that is ethereal and unique. The artist began taking photographs at the age of thirteen and though she was only twenty two when she took her own life, she left behind a substantial body of work. April 3,1958 - January 19,1981 years after she killed herself at the age of 22

1. Richard Avedon

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   Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an american fashion and portrait photographer. An obituary published in The new York times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century" In 1944, Avedon began working as an advertising photographer for a department store, but was quickly endorsed by alexey brodovitch, the art director for the fashion magazine also promoted Avedon's career at Harper's. In 1945 his photographs began appearing in Junior Bazaar and, a year later, in Harper's Bazaar.