Liberty Victoria presents Wolfgang Sievers

A great photographer's work for a fine cause

Liberty Victoria was proud to present this fascinating selection of signed, original photographs by the acclaimed photographer Wolfgang Sievers. The photographs were among those bequested by the late Wolfgang Sievers to Julian Burnside, QC, and were being sold to support the work of Liberty Victoria and other human rights organisations.

Portraying poverty in Berlin in 1933 and fishermen in Portugal two years later, the collection also includes internationally acclaimed examples of the strength and extraordinary beauty of industrial photography. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Sievers believed in the inherent dignity of the labourer and so created brilliant theatrical photographs, often capturing industrial machinery at night, isolating details with artificial light and dramatically portraying workers.

Image © Wolfgang Sievers, Cement mill construction at Vickers Ruwolt, Richmond, Victoria, 1970. Mounted black and white print 37cm x 28cm. Courtesy Liberty Victoria.

Opening night
Tuesday 25 March 2014, 5pm - 7pm

The exhibition runs 25 March - 5 April 2014
fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane Melbourne Vic

Gallery hours
Tuesday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday: 12pm - 4pm