Francesca Woodman

Francesca Woodman’s work, even though her career was very short, has had an extreme impact on the methods of making connections between portraiture and mental health. I liked her work especially as you could never be sure on what the model actually looked like as they were almost always burred. Her use of long exposure times and unusual body movements from her models create an intriguing product that I plan to take aspects from using Adobe Photoshop.

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My Adaption Process

I produced these images by starting with the original colour photos in a folder in my media drive. These originals looked too grainy for what I wanted them to be. They also needed to be in black and white as this is what my artist reference displays, so I imported them into Lightroom to make some minor adjustments.

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I then decreased clarity, increased exposure and contrast and made the photos black and white. I also slightly cropped both images. They now looked less grainy and were easier to work with as the effects and tools I was wanting to use would look better, the smudge tool in particular as it is quite tricky to work with.

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The final images came out quite well, even though some areas look quite rough due to the harshness of the smudge tool. Regardless, I am still happy with the final result.

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