Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was a controversial photographer-artist best known for her black and white pictures, most blurred, featuring either herself or female models both naked and clothed, blurred merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured.
In late 1980, Woodman became
depressed due to the failure of her work to attract attention and due to a
broken relationship. She survived a suicide attempt in the autumn of 1980, but on
January 19, 1981, Woodman took her life, aged twenty-two, jumping out of a loft
window of a building on the East Side of New York City.
