Carol
1961; printed 1982
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
33.0 × 33.0 cm (image)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Margot Nash through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Sue Ford shot this portrait in her Melbourne studio on Collins Street, which she ran with her colleague Annette Stephens. Ford and Stephens collaborated with each other and predominantly worked with female friends, creating experimental studio images in their early careers. The subject of this photograph, Carol, worked in the cafe below the studio and appears frequently in Ford’s portraits from the early 1960s. Here she is photographed in front of a hessian curtain, one of several props Ford used to create intimate portraits.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2014.306
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest