1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1958–1981 · UNITED STATES
Francesca Woodman
Blurred black-and-white self-portraits in decaying interiors.
- Born
- 1958
- Died
- 1981
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1977Eel Series, Roma
- 1981Some Disordered Interior Geometries
WHY THEY MATTER
Her estate of over 800 prints has been exhibited widely since her death, including at the Albertina Museum in Vienna and through Tate's Artist Rooms.
THE LIFE
Woodman was born in Denver to the artists George and Betty Woodman and took her first self-portrait at thirteen. Her black-and-white pictures, mostly of herself or female models, use long exposures and movement to blur the body into its surroundings. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and spent 1977 to 1978 in Rome. She published one book in her lifetime, Some Disordered Interior Geometries, released in January 1981 shortly before her death.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2014 · Nigeria · Photographer
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
Nigerian hairstyles (series), 1968Source: Wikipedia
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia