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Two women of the stage and screen gravitate towards each other, their loose floral garb echoing the foliage around them. While Jerrems often incorporated literal mirrors in her work, here she alludes to mirroring through posture.
Enid Lorimer OAM (1887–1982) and Kate Fitzpatrick (b. 1947) have performed extensively in theatre, film and television. When this photograph was made, Lorimer was 87 and still acting, with her final film appearance in The Odd Angry Shot in 1979, while Fitzpatrick was 27 and playing Magenta in the original Australian stage production of The Rocky Horror Show. The affection between the two actors is palpable, accomplishing Jerrems’ intention to profile a variety of female relationships in the book, including intergenerational friendship.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Mrs Joy Jerrems 1981.
© The Estate of Carol Jerrems
Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture.
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