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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Carol sewing, 2008 by Greg Weight

Carol sewing, 2008

by Greg Weight
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Carol Ruff
Carol Ruff
Carol Ruff

Carol Ruff, 1998

Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Tilman Ruff
Tilman Ruff
Tilman Ruff

Tilman Ruff, 2019

Nikki Toole
Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2019

Tilman Ruff

'To literally save the world'
Portrait story

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Professor Tilman Ruff AO has focused his efforts on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.

Bobbi Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service, 1973 Carol Jerrems

Carol Jerrems: Portraits

Current exhibition

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.

Carol Duncan, Redfern, 1975 Carol Jerrems

Carol Duncan, Redfern

Carol Jerrems
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Carol Jerrems' bed with personal effects, Royal Hobart Hospital, 1979 Carol Jerrems

Carol Jerrems' bed with personal effects, Royal Hobart Hospital

Carol Jerrems
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Contact sheet (Virginia Fraser, Carol Jerrems, Ron Johnston), 1974 Carol Jerrems

Contact sheet (Virginia Fraser, Carol Jerrems, Ron Johnston)

Carol Jerrems
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Carol McGregor

Contributing artists

Born: 1961, Hastings, New Zealand
Works: Brisbane

Vale Street, 1975 Carol Jerrems. National Gallery of Australia Collection. Purchased 1976.

Vale Street

Carol Jerrems
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Nobby Looking Back, 2015 by Carol Elvin

Nobby Looking Back, 2015

by Carol Elvin
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Bobbi Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service, 1973 Carol Jerrems

Bobbi Sykes, Aboriginal Medical Service

Carol Jerrems
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The Royal Melbourne Show.....1968, an essay Carol Jerrems

The Royal Melbourne Show.....1968, an essay

Carol Jerrems
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