ART & DESIGN

Photos: Soft Focus

A new exhibition poses the question, did the artist Francesca Woodman really just want to be a fashion photographer?

by Linda Yablonsky

Francesca Woodman at Marian Goodman Gallery

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I’m trying my hand at fashion photography, Providence, Rhode Island (P.076.5), 1977. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York (NF.403), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York (NF.413), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island (P/NF.400), 1978. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York (NF.4064), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York (NF.415), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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This photograph is more fashion than that one, New York (N.384), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York, (N.407), 1979. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island (P/NF.394), 1978. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Another almost square fashion photograph, Providence, Rhode Island (P.066), 1975-1978. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, New York (NF.464), 1979-1980. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.

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Untitled, Italy (I.190B), 1977-1978. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman, New York.