06/10/2009

More research - Francesca Woodman

I like Woodman's work because i feel that where she hides part of figure it shows that she doesnt want a certain part of them to be shown because it isnt what society wants to see or the personality of that person has something odd or different about it.





































































Her pictures could also show someone hiding or in pain.. Hidden identities because of something they are scared of
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  1. tutorphil6 October 2009 at 09:26

    Interim Review Unit 1: Anatomy 06/10/09

    Hi Matt,

    It takes guts to post childhood photos of yourself! I very much like the idea of using them in your final portrait; they recall that Barthes' quotation about 'looking at a photograph of my mother as a child, I tell myself, she is going to die...' You seem to respond to the innocence in them - a 'prelapsarian' ideal (look it up!) - I think there's something potent there; likewise your interest in Francesca Woodman, who obviously killed herself after those images were taken; again, we're looking at photographs of something that continued on after the shutter went click, moving the subject towards their destiny.

    Can I suggest that, for your essay, you continue to investigate the notion of the depiction of children as you appear to be considering? In light of your potential use of your own childhood and its 'nostalgia' of simpler times, the new and increasing anxiety around the depiction of children is a particularly rich subject for analysis; you might want to consider doing some research around another Barthes idea - The Death of The Author - here, Barthes argued that the meaning of something did not rest with the maker or producer of something, but rather in the minds of its audience... below is a series of links you might find useful; particularly seek out Edward Weston's image of his own son - even as I looked at it, I felt a tiny bit uncomfortable...

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/julia-somerville-defends-innocent-family-photos-1538516.html

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/30/brooke-shields-naked-tate-modern

    Check out Edward Weston's images of his own son, Neil (they simply COULDN'T be photograghed now!)

    also Jill Greenberg's crying babies at http://www.manipulator.com/

    http://www.universalroyalty.com/ (deeply disturbing!)

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  2. Matthew Munday7 October 2009 at 03:20

    Is there anyway i can see more of the images from universalroyalty??? Also i cant find any images of Edward Weston's son.. Any ideas where can find them?

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  3. tutorphil7 October 2009 at 10:31

    For image of Weston's Neil see below

    http://www.geh.org/taschen/htmlsrc8/m197400610003_ful.html

    image search 'child beauty pageants' for more like universalroyalty...

    Also watch movie Little Miss Sunshine, as it uses a child beauty pageant for its plot

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