Teenage Dream: Jennifer Blessing on Francesca Woodman

"It's a matter of convenience, I'm always available." This was photographer Francesca Woodman's response when asked why she almost always used herself as her subject. The mysterious Woodman first came to public consciousness five years after her 1981 death, with a show organized by Wellesley College. She started photographing as a teenager when her father gave her a Yashica, her first camera. She made most of her existing work while she was at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design and in the few years she spent in New York after graduation before her suicide at age 23. Come Mar. 16, New York's Guggenheim Museum opens the most comprehensive retrospective of her work to date, showcasing work spanning the entirety of her short life.
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