Francesca Woodman’s intimate, small-format photographs centre on ideas of human fragility: she is almost always the central figure, her body frequently blurred or partially obscured, and is usually found—as here—interacting with objects in a sparse interior setting. In her short life, the American image-maker made an indelible mark on her medium, using it to push at the boundaries of self-portraiture in a manner that echoed the work of surrealists Claude Cahun and Man Ray, while paving the way for other identity-bending artists like Cindy Sherman and Nan Goldin. This delicately hued picture is currently on display at C/O Berlin’s newly opened exhibition of Woodman’s work.
