Olive Cotton b. 1911

Also known as Olive Edith Cotton
  • Artist (Photographer)
Olive Cotton's black and white photographs are characterised by their use of light to create ambiguity. For most of her life she was better known for her brief marriage to fellow photographer Max Dupain than for her own considerable achievements.
Tags: black and white photography, ambiguity
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Citations

  • Ennis, Helen (April 1998), 'Partnerships: Helen Ennis on Olive Cotton’, Photofile 53 (April 1998), 25-35, .

  • 'Interviews with Olive Cotton and Mrs Lipson’.

  • Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Olive Cotton’, Sydney, NSW : Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue.

  • Hall, Barbara; and Mather, Jenni (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960’, Richmond, Vic.

  • Ennis, Helen (1995), 'Olive Cotton: Photographer’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Mirror with a Memory’, Canberra, ACT : National Portrait Gallery catalogue.

  • Donald, Peta (30 September 2003), 'Tribute to Olive Cotton’, ABC Radio National : PM.

See also

  • 'Section 5, plate 218'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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