“He’s very good at maths and very good at friendship, and his heart’s very big because he opens doors for old ladies and everything.”
Love faces unique challenges in rural Australia - from the harsh climate that batters the landscape to vast distances and patchy internet that keeps its inhabitants isolated. Despite this, it thrives: between young and old couples; mothers and children; men and the land they all live on.
This powerful emotion is the subject of a book from acclaimed photographer Pip Williams. Drawn from her decade-long career, In Love, Out Bush features portraits and interviews with more than 100 rural and regional Australians that give intimate insight into who and what they care about.
Writer Phoebe Hartley spent months interviewing Pip’s subjects, selecting short but incisive quotations that reveal bonds defined by trust, practicality, and working towards a common goal - while hinting at the tests they face.
Pip Williams is a family photographer from Toowoomba, Queensland. She captures the intangible - conveying connections between the living and the landscape. Phoebe Hartley is a writer, journalist and audio producer from Victoria’s Macedon Ranges. She’s a regular contributor to Bush Journal magazine and writes for the ABC and an array of online arts and culture publications.
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