Chelsea Cucinotta

Journalism student, University of Melbourne

Chelsea Cucinotta is a Master of Journalism student at the University of Melbourne.

Olympia Nelson in front of the controversial work. (Image: Chelsea Cucinotta).

Mother's muse: looking back on a photograph that shocked Australia

Sep 27, 2019

Aged 11, Olympia Nelson found herself at the centre of a media storm, after a nude photograph, taken by her late mother, Polixeni Papaetrou, landed on the cover of Art Monthly. Now, she's back in Melbourne for a new exhibition of her mum's work.