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Olive R Odewahn: A Country Life

A series of black and white photos of people and landscapes.

Olive R Odewahn
A Country Life,
2021
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

As part of our Open Call program, we were pleased to present a collection of photographs taken between the late 1920's and mid-1960's and form a record of one woman's experience as a pioneering female photographer.

Olive Odewahn's work provided an example of mid-twentieth century vernacular photography in rural Australia.

It was an exhibition of people and places, posed portraits and candid moments, community events, recreation, and family. The artist’s shadow made occasional appearances, as do all manner of farm animals, alongside crowds in Wagga Wagga expecting the Queen, and the construction of the Hume Dam in the 1930s.

The exhibition was curated by artist and photographer Dr. Catherine Rogers, with the assistance of Valerie Odewahn.

A series of black and white photographs of places around Walla Walla in different sizes.
Olive R Odewahn

A Country Life, 2021
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

A glass cabinet with small photos in brown and black and white next to camera boxes.
Olive R Odewahn

A Country Life, 2021
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

Black and white image of a women in a dress leaning on a metal pole while looking towards the camera.
Olive R Odewahn

Olive, 1930s,
A Country Life, Murray Art Museum Albury, 2021
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

A collection of small photos, photography books and various cameras from the 1900s in glass cabinets.
Olive R Odewahn

A Country Life, 2021
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

An exhibition of black and white photographs and cabinets full of camera and photobooks. A blurry man is visible to the right of the room
Olive R Odewahn

A Country Life, 2021
Murray Art Museum Albury
Image by Jeremy Weihrauch

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