Comments on: Victoria Gannon on Francesca Woodman

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:57:52 +0000

This is a beautiful way to honor Francesca Woodman’s work! It is nice to hear about the passion she had for her art instead of dwelling on her death. Thank you for sharing!

By: Regina Clarkinia

Regina Clarkinia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:58:42 +0000

This is a nice perspective. We haunt ourselves quite well, trying to control and then realizing we’ve gone.

By: Naomi Ramsden

Naomi Ramsden — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:12:15 +0000

Well, well Vicky,

This is terrific. I so admire your insight. When I first looked at the Woodman photos, I drew a blank. What could this possibly represent? And aren’t they a bit blurred? But after reading your insightful article, I saw these photos in a wholly different way. And I love the way you related Woodman to Mann. I am not sure that I would have thought that both these different photographers chose to represent transition. But once having read your evalauation I now cannot see them any other way.

I take away from this a couple of lessons. One, that there are moments in a life where transition hovers so closely that it can be represented on a piece of paper. The other is that it is probably best not to drink vodka and cranberry juice all day as it can lead to dismal thoughts on time passing.

Kudos!

By: Michael Flakes

Michael Flakes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:20:33 +0000

I totally suggest you this book about F.W. with a different point of view about her work: http://www.contrastobooks.com/Catalogo/FRANCESCA-WOODMAN-The-Roman-years-between-flesh-and-film.html

By: rebecca solnit

rebecca solnit — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:23:55 +0000

What a beautiful and helpful reading of Woodman’s work! Thank you.