Carol Jerrems; Virginia Fraser: A Book About Australian Women (Outback Press, 1974)

By: Thomas Schulz
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Carol Jerrems (1949–1980) was born and grew up in suburban Melbourne and studied art and design under Paul Cox at the Prahran Technical School between 1967 and 1970. Initially working in a photo-documentary style, by the middle of the decade she was known for her intimate portraits.

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Mao Ishikawa: Morika’s Dreams (2014) / A Port Town Elegy (2015) / Red Flower, The Women of Okinawa (2017)

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Mao Ishikawa was born in 1953 in Ôgimi Village, in the northern part of Okinawa. She started her photography career in a workshop guided by the famous Japanese photographer Tômatsu Shômei, in Tokyo in 1973.

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