This book was originally published in 1974 by Outback Press
whose permission was granted in 2015  for this online version to be uploaded by photoweb

The online version contains  photographs by Carol Jerrems  as published originally in the 1974 book
The orginal book contained text  that has not yet been cleared for this online version

The photographs are mostly portraits of artists . . . painters, sculptors, writers, poets, filmakers, printmakers, photographers, designers, dancers, musicians, actresses and strippers. Others include women's liberationists, Aboriginal spokeswomen, activists, revolutionaries, teachers, students, drop-outs, mothers, prostitutes, lesbians and friends.

Each portrait is honest. Some are extended in the form of a sequence, with between four and sixteen images, which like an individual photograph reads as a "whole"; the interrelated "parts" flow from left to right.

The women are not intended as an elitist minority group, like a who's who; some are well known, others are not; each is of equal importance.

It is difficult to exist as an artist, being almost impossible to live off one's "art" alone. It is more difficult for a woman. And if her tool of creative expression is a camera, there is yet another struggle because photography is not fully recognised as being an art form in Australia.

There is so much beauty around us if only we could take the time to open our eyes and perceive it. And then share it.

Love is the key word.

The pages of photographs have been reproduced in the same sequence as in the original publication.

Caroline Slade, Toorak, Melbourne 1973

Wendy Sime, with Silver Sime, Daylesford, Victoria, 1973	Wendy Sime, with Silver Sime, Daylesford, Victoria, 1973

Glen Hughes, Woolloomooloo, Sydney 1973	Toni Mathieson, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, 1973

Kris Oleson, with Susanne Lever, Surry Hills, Sydney 1973	Jennie Boddington, with Melanie Le Guay, "Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibition," National Gallery, Melbourne, 1974

Jenny Bonnette, with Sandra Leveson, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 1974	Jenny Bonnette, with Sandra Leveson, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney 1974

Nikki Reynolds with Jenny Bonnette, Surry Hills, 1974	Joy Jerrems, with Edna Kelly, Ivenhoe, Melbourne 1973

Mira Skipper, "Montsalvat", Melbourne, 1974	Mira Skipper, "Montsalvat", Melbourne, 1974

Beatrice Faust, Calton, Melbourne, 1974	Lyndall Ryan, Annadale, Sydney, 1974

Dianne Small, Colvelly, Sydney, 1974

Dawn Fitzpatrick, with Kate and Jazz, Cremourne Point, Sydney, 1974

Anne Tait, Surrey Hills,Sydney, 1973	Robyn Ravlich, Balmain, Sydney, 1974

Zoe Legge, Paddington, Sydney 1974	Maya and Bala Shuddhananda, Kew, Melbourne, 1973

Kate Fitzpatricks, Cremourne Point, Sydney, 1974	Enid Lorimer, Gordon, NSW, 1974

Australian Ballett Company, Melbourne, 1970	Margaret Jacobs, Melbourne, 1968

Jackie Mitelman, Prahran, Melbourne, 1973	Crace Cossington Smith, OBE, Rurramurra, NSW, 1974

"Lady Ruth", Daylesford, Victoria, 1972	Sandy Mitchell, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, 1973
Eileen Regan, King Cross, Sydney, 1973	Carmel Behind Glass, Surry Hills, Sydney 1973

Syvanna Doolan, National Black Theatre, Sydney, 1974	Syvanna Doolan, National Black Theatre, Sydney, 1974

Carmel Lonsdale, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1973	Ann Summers, Birchgrove, Sydney, 1974

Alexandra Legge, Paddington, Sydney, 1974	Girl Laughing, Kings Cross, Sydney, 1973

Sister and Brother, Edgecliffe, Sydney, 1973	Susanne Lever, Paddington, Sydney, 1974

Linda Jackson, with Jenny Keyes, Flamingo Park, Sydney, 1973	Juliette Hawthorne, Bondi, Sydney, 1973

Syvanna Doolan, National Black Theatre, Sydney, 1974	Kate Jennings, Glebe, Sydney, 1974

Lorraine Jenynsm Daylesford, Victoria, 1972	Joan Grounds, Balmain, Sydney, 1974

Margaret Roadknight, Sydney, 1973	Delores (American visitor), Kings Cross, Sydney, 1973

Evonne Goolagong, Melbourne, 1973	Marilyn Munrow, Daylesford, Victoria, 1972, 1974

Ewa Pachucka, McMahon's Point, Sydney, 1974

Rosslyn Johnson, East Preston, Melbourne, 1973

The "Heavenly Bodies" (American visitors), Sydney, 1973	The "Heavenly Bodies" (American visitors), Sydney, 1973

Wendy Saddington, Melbourne, 1972	Leon Russell Concert, Onstage (American visitor), Sydney, 1973
Wendy Saddington, Warringal Park, Melbourne, 1973	Leon Russell Concert, Backstage (American visitor), Sydney, 1973

Bobby Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern, Sydney, 1973	Bobby Sykes, Black Moratorium, Sydney, 1973

Girl In A Mirror, Sydney 1973	Carol Jerrmes, Sydney, 1973 (photo by Toni Scholfield)
Self Portrait, Kings Cross, Sydney, 1973

Thancoupie and Carole Johnson, Glebe, Sydney, 1973	Thancoupie (Gloia Fletcher), Glebe, Sydney, 1973
Thancoupie and Carole Johnson, Glebe, Sydney, 1973

Kath Walker, "Moongalba", Stradbroke Island, 1974	Kath Walker, "Moongalba", Stradbroke Island, 1974
Kath Walker, "Moongalba", Stradbroke Island, 1974

Christmas Party, Aboriginal House, Melbourne, 1973	Joyce Johnson, Aboriginal House, Melbourne, 1973

Margaret Tucker, with Rosslyn Johnson, Aboriginal House, Melbourne, 1973	Emily Bicksord, Aboriginal House, Melbourne, 1973

Ningla A-Na, Black Moratorium, Sydney, 1972	A Redfern Hotel, Sydney, 1973

Wedding Guest, Perth, 1972	Wedding Guest, Perth, 1972

Marlene Matteson, Filmmaker's Co-Op, Sydney, 1973	Digby Duncan, Filmmaker's Co-Op, Sydney, 1973

Su Doring, Balmain, Sydney, 1973	Jane Oehr, "Womenvision", Filmmaker's Co-Op, Sydney, 1973
Sue McEnnally, Balmain, Sydney, 1973	Susanne Lever, with Pearl and Bird Cage, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1974

Mimi Jaksic-Berger, Arncliffe, Sydney, 1974	Margot Knox, Barowra, New South Wales, 1973

Virginia Fraser, Melbourne, 1974	Virginia Fraser, Melbourne, 1974

Carol Jerrems, Surry Hills, 1973 (photo by Carmel Lonsdale)	Carol Jerrems, Daylesford, Victoria, 1973, (photo by Stephen McNeilly)

Flying Dog, Surry Hills, Sydney, 1973

Outback Press/ Morry Schwartz

Outback Press was founded in 1973 by Morry Schwartz, Colin Talbot, Fred Milgrom, and musician Mark Gillespie.
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Morry Schwartz is presently the publisher for Black Book Inc, The Monthly and The Saturday Paper.

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