This retrospective exhibition celebrates her artistic life and career. It brings together key photographs, digital prints, collages and films created ...ver an almost fifty-year period, as well as important archival materials.We walked from the Grand Hyatt to Federation Square. The Ford show was far more than I had expected. I hadn't realized that her interests included the "histories of Australia and its indigenous peoples." Of course, we bought the book by Maggie Finch, the NGV's photography. ‘Planning proposal brief assigned to Miss Melissa Smithers. Since she’s the one sent to get briefed this task is assigned to her, and only her. Others may help her under her direction.’ I hand the sheets back to her. I smile while I watch her eyes go wide, because this means she gets the commission from the project, not her boss. “My boss isn’t going to like this.”“Then don’t show him the bank draft. Take this straight to his boss, and have him call me. I want to see your proposal, not your. It was all part of the deal. I had fun for 30 days and I have no regret about it. Everything was consensual. I was not feeling unsafe at any point.”I sat there with my eyes almost popped out of its socket. I had goosebumps and I stared right at Trudy. “I-I,” I stammered, “I don’t know what to say,” I finally managed to speak up“Don’t say anything. As I said I don’t have any regrets. And because of this opportunity, I have managed to be what I am today. And I think you will too,” she said.“Do. Within a span of 1 hour, she finished 2 cans of beer when I had only one. We both were getting high. All thoughts of job, management school vanished from my mind. I was slowly getting intimidated due to poses made by her.She suddenly came near me and kissed me on my cheek. I had not had such an experience before so I thought of having one and kissed her back on her lips. She took out her tongue and started teasing me. I too did the same.She now sat on my lap and we were kissing each other.