There Are Now Several Versions of These Photographs

 41 Years Ago Today

Monday 19th of January 1981
Photographer Francesca Woodman commits suicide by jumping out of a loft window at the age of 23 in New York City, New York, United States.

While working for the News and World Service, she participated in a wide variety of activities including the New York Giants playing in Madison Square Garden, concerts and sports activities. She spent two and a half months behind bars when she was found not guilty of this offense. It was then reported by the American-Press that Woodman had just jumped out of the loft window, and the jury of over 20,000 people unanimously found her guilty of this crime. She was a good friend of many, many others.
Tuesday 23rd January 1981
There are now several versions of these photographs. The first is from the beginning of December 1980 that was taken on September 13, 1985, for the Los Angeles Times magazine, which published a number of articles that included such articles as "The Real Disappearance of Francesca Woodman," "Was the Man in this Stairway There?" This is also from 1974 that was published at the Los Angeles Times. The second version is from 1987 in which the same photograph was reproduced a large number of times on the Daily News, which published several newspaper articles including such articles as, "Woman found killed by police after leaping to her death from the building," "Man in 's window' caught on camera", later arrested for vehicular.