The History Lesson: Self as Image (original laminated opening panel), 1982
Provenance
Jo Spence Memorial Archive Richard Saltoun Gallery, London
Exhibitions
Jo Spence: Work (Part 1). SPACE. London, 1 June - 15 July 2012. Jo Spence : from Fairy Tales to Phototherapy. Photographs from the Hyman Collection, Arnolfini Bristol, (18th May 2020 - 20th June 2021) (this print)
Literature
Screen, May/June 1982.
This is the original laminated title panel used in 1982 when The History Lesson: Self as Image, also known as Remodelling Photo History, was published for the very first time....
This is the original laminated title panel used in 1982 when The History Lesson: Self as Image, also known as Remodelling Photo History, was published for the very first time. It was reproduced in the May/June issue of Screen magazine.
Terry Dennett is shown on holiday on the beach, whilst Jo Spence is shown at home reading a book on fairytales, coinciding with her time at Polytechnic writing her thesis on Cinderella and fairtyales.