PHOTOGRAPHER

Francesca Woodman

1958 - 1981

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Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models. Many of her photographs show women, naked or clothed, blurred (due to movement and long exposure times), merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured. Her work continues to be the subject of much positive critical attention, years after her death at the age of 22, in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesca Woodman has received more than 906,535 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesca Woodman is the 119th most popular photographer (down from 108th in 2019), the 7,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,583rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Photographer.

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  • 910k

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  • 46.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Francesca Woodman ranks 119 out of 148. Before her are Lotte Jacobi, Sabine Weiss, Lisette Model, Martha Cooper, Sally Mann, and Rineke Dijkstra. After her are David LaChapelle, Ellen von Unwerth, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide, Thomas Struth, and Lola Álvarez Bravo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Francesca Woodman ranks 286. Before her are Pedro Costa, Georgi Slavkov, Jello Biafra, Candace Bushnell, Grigory Rodchenkov, and Gu Kailai. After her are Christian Danner, Cazuza, Michala Petri, Roberto López Ufarte, Terry Butcher, and Olivier Grouillard. Among people deceased in 1981, Francesca Woodman ranks 211. Before her are Ichikawa Fusae, János Pilinszky, Vera-Ellen, Gregory Breit, Robert Moses, and Guy Butler. After her are Leonard Howell, Paolo Mazza, Paddy Chayefsky, Carleton S. Coon, Jakob Bender, and Hermann Pilnik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Francesca Woodman ranks 7,633 out of 20,380. Before her are Bill Smitrovich (1947), Michael Rapaport (1970), Frank Hussey (1905), Bella Abzug (1920), Frank Lubin (1910), and Richard Rush (1929). After her are Allen Collins (1952), John Musker (1953), Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863), Chester Himes (1909), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), and Holly Black (1971).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Francesca Woodman ranks 35. Before her are Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), Bert Stern (1929), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Martha Cooper (1943), and Sally Mann (1951). After her are David LaChapelle (1963), Sean Flynn (1941), Milton H. Greene (1922), Toni Frissell (1907), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), and Clarence Hudson White (1871).

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