Francesca Woodman’s photographs focus on the representation of the body and its relationship to its surroundings. Drawn to rundown, abandoned spaces, she also chose to set up her home and studio in a dilapidated building as an art student in Providence, Rhode Island. There, she frequently photographed herself, incorporating objects and spaces associated with domestic interiors, although these are not conventional self-portraits. Here, Woodman explores the contrasting surfaces and patterns of a derelict room. Illuminated by a sharp beam of light, her partially blurred body appears to emerge from, or dissolve into, the crumbling plasterwork and peeling paint behind her.