an initial print run of 5,000 copies. Eight further editions sold out. Truchanas' and Dombrovskis' stories were depicted in a 2003 documentary, Wildness. In the same year, a tribute, The Forest of Stumps, by artist Geoff Parr, was exhibited at Hobart's Ten Days on the Island arts festival, including a number of Truchanas' photographs. Some of his photographs have been turned into postage stamps by Australia Post, and a canoe used by Truchanas, and several other possessions, are part of the National Library of Australia's National Historical Collection. Singer-songwriter Bruce Watson stated, in his song Olegas, "the Franklin runs today because of what [Truchanas] began." In 2007 IHOS Music Theatre and Opera staged excerpts from a major opera, Olegas, based on the life of Olegas Truchanas. His work appeared in the 2013 photographic exhibition 'Into the Wild: Wilderness Photography in Tasmania' at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania, and in the catalogue of this exhibition. His collection of colour slides, as well as an archival collection was donated to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in 2014. His work also appeared in the 2020 QVMAG exhibition 'Natural Visions: the camera and conservation'. See also Death of a River Guide David Tatnall (photographer) References General references External links Gallery of photos by Truchanas and Dombrovskis Pedder photograph collection held by the National Library of Australia 1923 births 1972 deaths Australian environmentalists Photographers from Tasmania People from Hobart Lithuanian emigrants to Australia Nature photographers Deaths by drowning in Australia Accidental deaths in Tasmania World War II refugees People from Šiauliai