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Producer Lynn Gailey shared a house with Jerrems, Esben Storm and filmmaker Haydn Keenan in Bondi Junction, which also served as the offices of Storm and Keenan’s company, Smart Street Films. Despite appearing in several photographs, Gailey was a reluctant sitter, quipping that: ‘when I knew Carol best, she had a camera with her most of the time, so I used to spend most of my time trying to stay out of her way.’
In the work simply titled Lynn, Gailey stands in the office in raking light, with shadows from a window frame cutting across her body, emphasising the gentle lean of her hip under her vintage dress. Her gaze is resigned and resistant at once, as though she is waiting for the photo shoot to be over. Jerrems was persistent and would usually continue a shoot until she got the frame that she wanted – often just after the sitter was ready to give up.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Gift of Mrs Joy Jerrems 1981.
© The Estate of Carol Jerrems
from Saturday 30 November 2024
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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