Olegas Truchanas b. 22 September 1923

  • Artist (Photographer)
Olegas Truchanas was renowned for his slide presentations which brought ever-increasing attention to Tasmania's unique south-west landscape. Using a collection of colour slides accumulated from his trips in the area, he unveiled the beauty and distinctive value of this wilderness in a subtle and powerful manner. He believed that if people could see this exceptional landscape, they would be moved to protect it.
Tags: Environmentalist, Wilderness photographer, Cibachrome
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Citations

  • Angus, Max 1975 'The World of Olegas Truchanas’. Olegas Truchanas Publication Committee, Hobart.

  • Cica, Natasha 2011 'Pedder dreaming: Olegas Truchanas and a lost Tasmanian wilderness.’ University of Queensland Press, St Lucia.

  • Flanagan, Richard 2011 'The outsiders: Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis.’ Art and Australia, vol 48(1), p.124(4)

  • Sprod, Dan 2002 'Truchanas, Olegas’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 16, Melbourne University Press, Carlton.

Initial data sources

  • Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery History Archive.

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  • In the Balance: Art for a Changing World (exhibited at)
  • Into the Wild: wilderness photography in Tasmania (exhibited at)
  • Into the Wild: wilderness photography in Tasmania (exhibited at)
  • Jubilee International Salon (exhibited at)
  • Typically? Australian (exhibited at)
  • Devonport Camera Club Jubilee Celebrations (exhibited at)
  • Lake Pedder 1971 (exhibited at)
  • In the Balance: Art for a Changing World (exhibited at)
  • Into the Wild: wilderness photography in Tasmania (exhibited at)