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Jo Spence




  By Fran Divorty
Biography

• Jo Spence was born in London on 15 June 1934. She died in
  1992 at the age of 58 years old as a result of breast cancer.


• She was a writer, photo therapist and cultural worker. From
  1967-1974 she ran a successful portrait and wedding studio in
  London.

• She then abandoned commercial work and became a
  documentary, photographer, beginning to work with others
  principally Terry Dennett on a collaborative or cooperative basis.
Her Work
•   In 1974 she set up Photography Workshop which later combined its
    programme with the Half Moon Gallery to form the Half Moon
    Photography Workshop which published the innovative
    photographic magazine 'Camerawork'.
•   Jo also helped form the Hackney Flashers Collective, a socialist
    feminist documentary group working on issues of wages, class and
    childcare in the inner city.

•   In 1979 she enrolled at the Polytechnic of Central London on a full
    time degree course. Her degree totally changed her previous ways
    of working and thinking about photography.
•   In 1982 she was diagnosed with cancer. From this time her work
    focused on identity and subjectivity, mental and physical health. She
    also trained as an art therapist, and started to integrate this with her
    photographic knowledge.
Self-Portrait
Her Most Known Work
• Jo Spence is best known for her self-
  portraits as she is trying to the illness beat
  breast cancer.

• The most famous image is "A Picture of
  Health?" which is on the next slide.
Exhibitions
 • The feminist and socialist women group
   who produced exhibitions such as
   'Women and Work' and 'Who's Holding
   the Baby'.

• "A Pictureof Health?" is a body of work in
  which Jo Spence responds to her disease
  and treatment through photography,
  channelling her research and feelings
  about breast cancer and orthodox
  medicine into an exhibition.
Her Work

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Jo spence 2

  • 1. Jo Spence By Fran Divorty
  • 2. Biography • Jo Spence was born in London on 15 June 1934. She died in 1992 at the age of 58 years old as a result of breast cancer. • She was a writer, photo therapist and cultural worker. From 1967-1974 she ran a successful portrait and wedding studio in London. • She then abandoned commercial work and became a documentary, photographer, beginning to work with others principally Terry Dennett on a collaborative or cooperative basis.
  • 3. Her Work • In 1974 she set up Photography Workshop which later combined its programme with the Half Moon Gallery to form the Half Moon Photography Workshop which published the innovative photographic magazine 'Camerawork'. • Jo also helped form the Hackney Flashers Collective, a socialist feminist documentary group working on issues of wages, class and childcare in the inner city. • In 1979 she enrolled at the Polytechnic of Central London on a full time degree course. Her degree totally changed her previous ways of working and thinking about photography. • In 1982 she was diagnosed with cancer. From this time her work focused on identity and subjectivity, mental and physical health. She also trained as an art therapist, and started to integrate this with her photographic knowledge.
  • 5. Her Most Known Work • Jo Spence is best known for her self- portraits as she is trying to the illness beat breast cancer. • The most famous image is "A Picture of Health?" which is on the next slide.
  • 6.
  • 7. Exhibitions • The feminist and socialist women group who produced exhibitions such as 'Women and Work' and 'Who's Holding the Baby'. • "A Pictureof Health?" is a body of work in which Jo Spence responds to her disease and treatment through photography, channelling her research and feelings about breast cancer and orthodox medicine into an exhibition.