Books written &/or photographed by Ellis
Kings Cross Sydney
Thomas Nelson, Australia, 1971
Sydney In Colour
Lansdowne Press, Australia, 1971
Australian Graffiti
Sun Books, Australia, 1975
Ketut Lives in Bali
Methuen, Australia 1976 & England 1977
L'Australie
Silva Verlag, Switzerland, 1978 published in French, Italian, German & Dutch
Ketut Lives in Bali
Sommer & Sorensen Forlag, Denmark, 1979
Australia Graffitti Revisited
Sun Books, Australia, 1979
Railway Stations of Australia
Macmillan, Australia, 1982
We Live in Australia
Wayland, England, 1982
Lifes a Beach
Currey O'Neil Ross,
Australia & USA, 1983
Life's a Beer
Ross Books, Australia, 1984
Life's a Ball
Currey O'Neil Ross, 1985
The All New Australian Graffiti
Sun Books, Australia, 1985
Life's a Parade
Lothian, Australia, 1986
Life's a Beach II
Lothian, Australia, 1987
Cup Fever
Lothian, Australia, 1987
Up Front
Hardie Grant Publishing, Australia, 1998
Life's Still a Beach
Hardie Grant Publishing, Australia, 1998
Posthumous books
No Dancing Only Dancing
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, 2008
Decade: 1970-1980
Hardie Grant Books, Australia 2013
Decadent: 1980-2000
Hardie Grant Books, Australia 2014
Books Ellis contributed to as a photographer include
New Photography Australia
Australian Photography 1976
Australian Photography – A Contemporary View
Australian Photography – The Phillip Morris Collection
The Australians
The Australian Outback
Australian Sporting Hall of Fame
Day in the Life of Australia
Surprising Lands Downunder
Victoria With Love
Aussie - Australians at Play
Melbourne by Melbourne
Christmas in Australia
Window to Australia
Barry Humphries' Flashbacks
Waterproof
Fuji ACMP Australian Photographers Collection
(Edition No.9)
The Australia Game of Football
Surf-O-Rama
My main interest in photography is social realism. I see the camera as a the universal tool of communication