A major retrospective of Heroine Jo Spence, From Fairytales to Phototherapy (18 June - 20 June 2021), is being exhibited at Arnolfini as part of Bristol Photo Festival.
Gabby Kynoch15th June 2021
A Picture of Health explores the roles of the hidden self, trauma, environment and care, within the wider narratives of health and wellbeing, with work by Anna Fox and Heather Agyepong.
Gabby Kynoch10th February 2021
Over her long career, Jo Spence moved from capturing moments of domestic happiness in commercial photography to works that challenged capitalism and sexism,before focusing on questions of illness and healing as she battled with breast cancer.
Ellie Ramsden19th January 2021
Reproduction of Jo Spence's BA thesis. Written in 1982, this landmark thesis aimed to untangle interconnected gender and class oppressions in historic fairy tales.
Becky Handley2nd December 2020
