Wolfgang Sievers by National Library of Australia - ISBN: 9781922507846
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Fleeing Nazis, finding beauty: Sievers captured Australia’s industrial boom.

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    96 pages

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    1 February 2025

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Summary

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Wolfgang Sievers (1913-2007) fled Nazi Germany to make a new home in Australia. Through his striking images of the post-war manufacturing boom, he would go on to become one of the country’s eminent photographers.

Sievers’ images celebrate the excitement of the modern machine age. The photographer documented the height of Australian industry, recording places such as textile mills, match factories, oil refineries and treatment plants—many of the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781922507846
ISBN-10:1922507849
Author:National Library of Australia, Wolfgang Sievers
Publisher:National Library of Australia
Imprint:National Library of Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:1 February 2025
Weight:460g
Dimensions:13mm x 250mm x 220mm
Series:Artists of the National Library of Australia
About The Author

National Library of Australia

The Wolfgang Sievers Collection/Photographic Archive consists of about 13,700 prints and 51,700 negatives and transparencies, making it the largest photographic collection held in the Library.

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