Who was Francesca Woodman?

Black and white, ethereal, haunting. Such are the photographs which make up much of the work of the late American artist, Francesca Woodman. Indeed, these adjectives can be applied to Woodman herself; ethereal, haunting, black and white images of her own body recur again and again in her photographs.

Often depicted naked, Woodman made a habit of positioning herself within her work – the subject, an object, the bac...