Jo Spence floating.

End picture floating.

[1991-1992]

1 photograph : positive print from medium format colour negative, on aluminium ; sheet 89.3 x 134.2 cm

Jo Spence (1934 - 1992) started as a commercial photographer, and in the 1970s she moved to critical documentary photography. In 1974 she met her long-term collaborator, Terry Dennett, with whom she established the Photography Workshop Ltd. Her work was both politically aware and personal, considering social issues, sexuality, power and health. She worked collaboratively throughout her career, in the 1970s and early 80s with the Hackney Flashers and Polysnappers, and in 1984, she developed Photo-therapy with Rosy Martin. Diagnosed with cancer in 1982 much of her subsequent work reflected her experiences, including the A picture of Health? series (1982-86). In 1990 she was diagnosed with leukemia, and The Final Project work was a response to this. She wrote extensively, and in 1984 published Putting myself in the picture.

[Edition of 2].

Jo Spence. 1991-1992. Jo Spence floating. [Colour photograph]. Wellcome Collection 3065556i

Lee, L. ed., (2013). Jo Spence: the final project. London: Ridinghouse, page 34.

Exhibited in "Misbehaving Bodies", Wellcome Collection, 30 May 2019 - 26 January 2020

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer. Image was refered to as 'End picture floating' by the Richard Saltoun gallery.

Image created as part of 'The final project' (1991-92).

Image produced by exposing one slide over another using a slide copier. Spence used existing slides from her archive.

Purchased by Wellcome Collection in 2016 from the Estate of Jo Spence through Richard Saltoun Gallery, London. Richard Saltoun stock code: JOS1284