Putting Myself in the Picture: A Political, Personal and Photographic Autobiography

Camden Press, London, 1986. Paperback in tidy condition. Previous owner stamp on front e/p. No other inscriptions or markings. Slight wear to covers. Nice copy.
This book is based on Jo Spence's 'Review of Work', a retrospective exhibition in 1985 which covered her career from high street photographer to critic - still using her camera - of NHS treatment of cancer patients. Far from a conventional book of photography, what emerges is a political, personal and photographic autobiography. It is impossible to separate the strands. Her photography is as much a part of her as her brain, her politics and her subjectivity. As she says: 'I put myself in the picture.'