Jo Spence
Photo therapy: Double Shift/ Double Crossed/ Double Bind : Removing the evidence, 1984
Vintage C-type print
15 x 10 cms
5 14/16 x 3 14/16 ins
12373
Provenance
The Jo Spence Memorial ArchiveRichard Saltoun Gallery, London
1984 or 1985 Collaboration with Rosy Martin. Rosy Martin recalls that 'Double Shift / Double Crossed / Double Bind is the preferred title for the whole phototherapy series which traced...
1984 or 1985
Collaboration with Rosy Martin.
Rosy Martin recalls that "Double Shift / Double Crossed / Double Bind is the preferred title for the whole phototherapy series which traced Jo's mother's life as a factory worker - then removing the evidence of her work (with swarfegan) - then being the mother who feeds her family (wearing an apron, cutting a loaf). See the Arena programme - we re-staged this for TV."
Writing on this photo therapy session Spence has explained: "In a photo therapy session with Rosy, I go back to a period in family history where I felt I had been abandoned. I try to imagine my mother, in playful mood, as a war-worker. What came to mind in the session is that at work she could enjoy the forbidden fag (my father banned her from smoking). I am surprised by the knowledge generated by this session, especially in relation to family health." (Jo Spence, Putting myself in the picture: A political, personal, and photographic autobiography, 1986, p.149)
We are grateful to Rosy Martin for her assistance in
Collaboration with Rosy Martin.
Rosy Martin recalls that "Double Shift / Double Crossed / Double Bind is the preferred title for the whole phototherapy series which traced Jo's mother's life as a factory worker - then removing the evidence of her work (with swarfegan) - then being the mother who feeds her family (wearing an apron, cutting a loaf). See the Arena programme - we re-staged this for TV."
Writing on this photo therapy session Spence has explained: "In a photo therapy session with Rosy, I go back to a period in family history where I felt I had been abandoned. I try to imagine my mother, in playful mood, as a war-worker. What came to mind in the session is that at work she could enjoy the forbidden fag (my father banned her from smoking). I am surprised by the knowledge generated by this session, especially in relation to family health." (Jo Spence, Putting myself in the picture: A political, personal, and photographic autobiography, 1986, p.149)
We are grateful to Rosy Martin for her assistance in