Olive Cotton

Storm

1938

Australia

11 Jul 1911 - 27 Sep 2003

Olive Cotton was a pioneering Australian modernist female photographer of the 1930s and 40s working in [Sydney.Cotton became a national "name" with a retrospective and touring exhibition 50 years later in 1985. The natural world provided a lifelong inspiration for Cotton. Carefully and patiently, she photographed Australia 's landscapes, trees, flowers and clouds. Her dual interests in art and science are revealed in the homage that her images pay to the beauty and structure of nature.