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L to R: 1: City Council Member Keith Powers | 2: NYFA’s Board Chair Sarah Young O’Donnell | 3: City Council Member Erik Bottcher | 4: Actor André De Shields. Photo: Phil O’Brien. New York City Hall, New York, November 12, 2025.
City Council Member Keith Powers, New York City Hall, New York, November 12, 2025
Artist Housing Press Conference at City Hall, November 12, 2025

WFF was pleased to attend a press conference at City Hall hosted by City Council Members Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher to announce their proposed new legislation that will lower the barriers to create affordable housing for artists in New York City.

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Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In, installation view. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London. Photo: David Parry.
REVIEW: "Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron" in "4Columns," May 2024

Read Emily LaBarge's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on 4Columns.

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Installation view of Francesca Woodman’s Caryatid series at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 2024. Photograph by David Parry.
REVIEW: "An Unexpected Pairing of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron" in "Aperture," May 2024

Read Stephen Frailey's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on Aperture.

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Francesca Woodman, "Untitled," c. 1977–78. Gelatin silver print. © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
REVIEW: "Photography’s Shooting Star" in "Air Mail," March 2024

Read Sarah Hyde's feature on Francesca Woodman and exhibitions Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery & Francesca Woodman at Gagosian on Air Mail.

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Francesca Woodman, "House #3," c. 1975-76, from the "Abandoned House" series. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation/DACS, London.
REVIEW: "‘Portraits to Dream In’ goes beyond the usual appraisals of art by women" in "British Journal of Photography," April 2024

Read Eliza Goodpasture's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on the British Journal of Photography.

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Pair: Julia Margaret Cameron. "I Wait (Rachel Gurney)," 1872. Albumen print. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles / Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," from the "Angels" series, 1977, 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (8.255 x 8.255 cm). Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London.
Pair: Julia Margaret Cameron. "I Wait (Rachel Gurney)," 1872, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles / Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," from the "Angels" series, 1977 © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
REVIEW: "The dreamlike visions of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman" in Apollo Magazine, April 2024

Read Sarah Watling's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on Apollo Magazine.

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Pair: Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979, 7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.6 x 24 cm). Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London / Julia Margaret Cameron. "The Dream (Mary Hillier)," 1869. Courtesy of the Wilson Centre for Photography.
Pair: Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979 © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London / Julia Margaret Cameron. "The Dream (Mary Hillier)," 1869. Courtesy of the Wilson Centre for Photography
REVIEW: "Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron at the NPG review: hundreds of unforgettable, magnificent images" in "The Standard," March 2024

Read Ben Luke's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on The Standard.

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Pair: Francesca Woodman. "These People Live in That Door," c 1976-77. Gelatin silver print. / Francesca Woodman, "Polka Dots #5," from the "Polka Dots" series, 1976. Gelatin silver print. © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
Pair: "These People Live in That Door," c 1976-77 / "Polka Dots #5," from the "Polka Dots" series, 1976. Works by Francesca Woodman © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London
REVIEW "Step into Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron's dreamy photographs in London" in "Wallpaper*," April 2024

Read Katie Tobin's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on Wallpaper*.

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Pair: Julia Margaret Cameron. "The South West Wind," 1864. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. / Francesca Woodman, "House #3," from the "House" series, 1976 © Woodman Family Foundation/DACS, London.
REVIEW: "Two Visionary Women Photographers Collide in Unexpected Museum Showcase" in "Artnet," May 2024

Read Jo Lawson-Tancred's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on Artnet.

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Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979, 7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.6 x 24 cm). Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London.
REVIEW: "Woodman and Cameron: Portraits to Dream In – groundbreaking female photographers a century apart" in "The Guardian," March 2024

Read Charlotte Jansen's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery in The Telegraph.

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Pair: Francesca Woodman. "Self-Portrait at Thirteen," c. 1972, 6 3/4 x 6 11/16 in. (17.145 x 16.988 cm). Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London. / Julia Margaret Cameron. "Annie (My very first success in Photography)," 1864 © National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library.
Pair: Francesca Woodman. "Self-Portrait at Thirteen," c. 1972 © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London. / Julia Margaret Cameron. "Annie (My very first success in Photography)," 1864 © National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
REVIEW: "Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In by Isabelle Young" on "Doris Press," April 2024

Read Isabelle Young's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on Doris Press.

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Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," from the "Caryatid" series, 1980, 79 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (201.93 x 92.075 cm). Diazotype © Woodman Family Foundation / DACS, London.
REVIEW: "Portraits to Dream In is more than token feminism – it’s heaven" in "The i Paper," March 2024

Read Hettie Judah's review of Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery on The i Paper.

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