E. adjusts her wig before going out to work on Greeves Street, St Kilda

‘Everyone else sees us as whores and junkies, but not you’, she said. ‘You guys make us feel special.’

Gemma-Rose Turnbull spent a year as an artist in residence with St Kilda Gatehouse, a non profit organisation who work with street sex workers. She gave the women their own cameras and worked with them to tell their stories.

The resulting book is a collection of insightful interviews, observations and photographs. A collection that seeks to open the shutters on their day to day lives.