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Overview2012 ACT BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ennis, HelenISBN: 9780642276933Pages: 196 Publication Date: 01 August 2011 Availability: In stock This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"The reproductions are very fine, and there is much satisfaction in studying them and appreciating his [Sievers's] great sense of modern design."<br /><br />"He [Sievers] would be quietly satisfied to see the results. And he would be pleases with Helen Ennis's book, which speaks truly of the man and of his work.""His [Sievers's] talent and appreciation of design, art and architecture inevitably turned any bread-and-butter shot into an insightful feast of dimension, shape and character. This month, the National Library of Australia released a soft-covered archive of his photographs that author Helen Ennis believes captures the spirit of the 'golden age' of modern Australia... As Sievers wrote of his own work in 1981: 'Of course, the subjects are often dull, but that is what makes the work so exciting. To take a dull subject and create a successful dramatic shot is what good industrial photography is all about.' Wannabe photographers should heed his [Sievers] words. He was a photographer ahead of his time." "The National Library of Australia, which holds the Sievers' collection, has published this monograph by photographic historian Helen Ennis. It is a fitting tribute to an important artist. The works reproduced are a cross-section of his output, showing his strengths and weaknesses." "Her [Ennis's] overriding aim, in compiling the biography, has been to showcase his [Sievers's] work in the best possible light, with an emphasis on his industrial images." "The book is a pictorial delight, and a fascinating documentation of industrial heritage." The book gives an outstanding insight into an era that, until recently, most of us considered our own. The world is moving on, and already this is a valuable cultural, architectural and industrial record. Its historical significance will increase with the passage of time. Sievers's remarkable life is nicely related by author Helen Ennis, who also gives us fine insights into his photographic methods and aims. You don't need to have been around during that time to appreciate this wonderful book. It is full of gleaming silver tanks, soaring cranes, towering modern buildings, refineries, turbines, glistening piles of aluminium castings and trucks moving around hills of coal with gigantic conveyors angling overhead. Most of these beautifully composed images are in lustrous black and white, superbly reproduced from silver gelatin negatives or prints from the vast collection of Sievers' work held in the National Library...Sievers' remarkable life is nicely related by author Helen Ennis, who gives us fine insights into his photographic methods and aims, with an excellent, balanced summary of his legacy. Author InformationAuthor Website: 23Tab Content 6Author Website: 23Customer ReviewsThere have been 8 reviews for this book.Average rating: 5.00 stars
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John Clare - Sunday Age, 2011-12-08 11:15
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