Nearly thirty-one years ago, emerging photographer Francesca Woodman jumped out of a loft window in New York City to her death. We can pretend all we like, but the truth is that an end like that can’t help but inform the way we process whatever’s left behind. Human nature’s tricky that way. Nonetheless, Francesca Woodman’s photos are pretty astonishing. This new exhibition at SFMOMA is her first American retrospective. (FULL ARTICLE: David Wagner, San Francisco Chronicle)
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Francesca Woodman retrospective at SFMOMA evokes triumph, tragedy
December 8, 2011