Adrienne Odom and is a Detroit born photographer and multidisciplinary artist. Her work documents the complexities of Black life in an evolving urban landscape and a people seeking to redefining themselves at the turn of the new century. The photographer seeks to historicize, and, through visual experience reconstruct personal history that presents a more intimate view. She attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit as a photography major as well as The Detroit Institute of Arts photography department where she did an internship and later worked as a darkroom technician.

Odoms’ use of vintage toy cameras: the Diana and Holga, as well as point and shoot cameras are a hallmark of her work. Her toy camera photographs reside in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution, DC; and the private collections of Danny Simmons, New York.

Odoms’ work was featured in the landmark exhibition Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present (2001-03), curated by Deborah Willis. Notably, the first retrospective of Black photography. Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions: Urbanicity, Danny Simmons’ Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn New York (2004); and the National Black Fine Art Show, Batista Gallery (Detroit) New York (2005).

Among the grants and awards for community work in the arts Adrienne has received are: Photographer, Masters Residency Summer Youth programs where she documented masters classes given by Alvin Ailey principal dancer Judith Jamison, Detroit painter Gilda Snowden, Detroit jazz master Ernie Rodgers and a host of other artists. Odom presented a toy camera workshop, a cultural arts mentorship program funded by the University Cultural Association, Wayne State University, Detroit.