REVIEW: "Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In" in "The Guardian," 2024
L to R: “Untitled,” 1977, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. Gelatin silver print. / O’Hagan, Sean. “Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In review – an intriguing double act.” “The Guardian,” 2024. / Quote from “Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In review – an intriguing double act” / “Self-Portrait at Thirteen,” c. 1972, 6 3/4 x 6 11/16 in. Gelatin silver print. All artworks by Francesca Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London.
In this review on The Guardian of “Portraits to Dream In,” Sean O’Hagan underscores the “intriguing pairing” of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron by curator Magdalene Keaney at National Portrait Gallery, characterizing Keaney’s approach as a “quietly subversive way” of re-examining Woodman’s and Cameron’s work that elevates and contrasts their imaginative strategies—from darkroom manipulation to ethereal subject matters—rather than their respective life stories.
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