‘ALMOST A SQUARE’: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS OF FRANCESCA WOODMAN AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SURREALISM

by Alison Dunhill

Francesca Woodman's photographic books are a highly significant body of work from this important 20th century artist. In her MPhil thesis at the University of Essex, Alison Dunhill provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Woodman's artist's books, and examines them in the context of surrealism which, she argues, was a major influence on Woodman.

The Introduction to this thesis may be freely downloaded here.

The full thesis is available as an e-book from Amazon and other e-book platforms.

In 2023 high quality reproductions of all Woodman's artist's books were published in a single volume: Francesca Woodman, The Artist’s Books, MACK, London, 2023, ISBN 978‑1‑913620‑88‑2. Readers may benefit from having this volume to hand while reading Dunhill's thesis.