Jo Spence | |
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 self portrait | |
| Born | 15 June 1934 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 24 June 1992 (aged 58) London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Photography |
Jo Spence (15 June 1934, London – 24 June 1992, Camden) was a British photographer, a writer, cultural worker, and a photo therapist. She began her career in the field of commercial photography but soon started her own agency which specialised in family portraits, and wedding photos.[1] In the 1970s, she refocused her work towards documentary photography, adopting a politicized approach to her art form, with socialist and feminist themes revisited throughout her career.[1][2] Self-portraits about her own fight with breast cancer,[1] depicting various stages of her breast cancer to subvert the notion of an idealized female form,[3] inspired projects in 'photo therapy', a means of using the medium to work on psychological health.
- ^ a b c "Jo Spence Biography". Jo Spence Official Website. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ^ Spence, Jo (1988). Putting Myself in the Picture. Seattle: The Real Comet Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-941104-38-9.
- ^ Kathy., Battista (2013). Renegotiating the body : feminist art in 1970s London. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781848859616. OCLC 747008395.