Wolfgang Sievers
Gears for Mining Industry
1967

Wolfgang Sievers (1913- ). Born in Berlin, Sievers attended the Contempora School for Applied Arts. The school adhered to the Bauhaus principle that fine and applied arts should be united. After a period spent in Portugal he immigrated to Australia in 1938. Specializing first in architectural photography, and later in industrial photography, his dramatic images show the balance of the relationship between worker and machine. In 2000 Sievers was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition held in Portugal at Arquivo Fotografico Municipal de Lisboa.