Francesca Woodman
Francesca Woodman é uma fotógrafa conhecida pelos seus auto-retratos. Todos os seus trabalhos foram realizados num período de apenas alguns anos, entre 1972 e 1981, quando se suicidou, com 22 anos. Foi, apenas, após a sua morte que esta fotógrafa se tornou conhecida, atingindo um estatuto de culto.
As suas fotografias constituem-se, maioritariamente, de auto-retratos nos quais através da utilização de longas exposições, cria imagens surrealistas. Os cenários das suas fotografias são, frequentemente, salas de casas velhas, com paredes descascadas, espaços vazios nos quais se encena a si própria. Estes espaços remetem para o local onde Francesca cresceu com os seus pais, ambos artistas, numa velha quinta no Colorado.
O auto-retrato existe há séculos na arte. Na pintura, uma dos primeiros a distinguir-se pelos seus auto-retratos foi Albrecht Durer, a partir do final do século XV. Rembrandt e Van Gogh pintaram, também, auto-retratos que se tornaram famosos. Outros artistas, como Frida Kahlo, fizeram do auto-retrato uma parte significativa do seu trabalho. Na fotografia, foram muitos fotógrafos que viraram a câmara na para si próprios e para a sua vida, sobretudo a partir da segunda metade do século XX. Alguns nomes importantes nessa área foram, por exemplo, Larry Clark e Nan Goldin, que fotografaram o seu círculo de amigos, construindo um retrato de uma cultura da qual participavam e que estaria, de outro modo, vedado aos olhos de estranhos. Num outro registo, destaca-se Cindy Sherman que, através dos seus auto-retratos nos quais encarna certos estereótipos femininos, questiona o papel da mulher na sociedade.
Os auto-retratos de Francesca Woodman não pretendem nenhuma contextualização com o meio social envolvente. Pelo contrário, exprimem um mundo interior solitário através da representação do corpo. Com as suas fotografias, temos acesso a um imaginário pessoal e a um processo de busca individual.
Francesca Woodman is a photographer known for her self-portraits. All her works were performed over a period of just a few years, between 1972 and 1981, when she committed suicide at age 22. It was only after her death that this photographer was known, and reached a cult status.
Yer photos are mostly self-portraits in which, through the use of long exposures, she creates surreal images. The scenarios of the photographs are often rooms of old houses with peeling walls, empty spaces in which she enacts herself. These are similar to where Francesca grew up with her parents, both artists, in an old farm in Colorado.
The self-portrait has been around for centuries in art. In painting, one of the first to distinguish himself by their self-portraits was Albrecht Durer, from the late fifteenth century. Rembrandt and Van Ghog also painted self-portraits that have become famous. To other artists such as Frida Kahlo it was a significant part of their work. In photography, many photographers turned the camera on themselves and their lives, especially in the second half of the twentieth century. Some big names in this area were, for example, Larry Clark and Nan Goldin, who photographed her circle of friends, building a portrait of a culture on wich they participated and that would, otherwise, be prohibited to the eyes of strangers. In another record, there is Cindy Sherman who,through her self-portraits, in which she embodies certain female stereotypes, questions the role of women in society.
The self-portraits of Francesca Woodman did not want any context with the wider social environment. Rather, they express a solitary inner world through the representation of the body. With her photos, we have access to a personal imaginary and an individual searching process.
Yer photos are mostly self-portraits in which, through the use of long exposures, she creates surreal images. The scenarios of the photographs are often rooms of old houses with peeling walls, empty spaces in which she enacts herself. These are similar to where Francesca grew up with her parents, both artists, in an old farm in Colorado.
The self-portrait has been around for centuries in art. In painting, one of the first to distinguish himself by their self-portraits was Albrecht Durer, from the late fifteenth century. Rembrandt and Van Ghog also painted self-portraits that have become famous. To other artists such as Frida Kahlo it was a significant part of their work. In photography, many photographers turned the camera on themselves and their lives, especially in the second half of the twentieth century. Some big names in this area were, for example, Larry Clark and Nan Goldin, who photographed her circle of friends, building a portrait of a culture on wich they participated and that would, otherwise, be prohibited to the eyes of strangers. In another record, there is Cindy Sherman who,through her self-portraits, in which she embodies certain female stereotypes, questions the role of women in society.
The self-portraits of Francesca Woodman did not want any context with the wider social environment. Rather, they express a solitary inner world through the representation of the body. With her photos, we have access to a personal imaginary and an individual searching process.
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