Portrait of a girl named Octavia
- Photograph by
- Olson, Martha, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1970
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 5/8 × 3 1/8 in. (11.7 × 7.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 × 3 1/2 in. (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
- Caption
- Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
- Description
- A color print of a girl named Octavia. Octavia is featured from the shoulder up, seated and facing the right side of the image. She is wearing a white blouse and has her hair half up and half down. There is a pre-printed date on the top of the image paper that reads [Dec 70]. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
- Place depicted
- Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Martha Olson
- Object number
- 2018.21.115
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Martha Olson
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.