the collective split up in the early 80s citing political differences and the wish to work on other projects. members of the collective continued to develop their own careers or engage in new fields. sally greenhill worked as a photojournalist, liz heron worked as a journalist and literary translator and is the author of fiction and non-fiction books; michael ann mullen became photography officer at the glc and later lectured in history of photography at middlesex university; maggie murray (with val wilmer) set up format photographers – a women's photo agency; christine roche continued as a cartoonist/illustrator and taught at the london college of printing; jo spence produced books and exhibitions on health and representation. she died in 1992. julia vellacott was an editor at penguin books.