Steven Siewert is an Australian photojournalist and art

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. Siewert's photographs have appeared in the '' Sydney Morning Herald'' and the book, "The Last Anzacs: Lest We Forget" with the author Tony Stephens. He was twice a recipient of the Nikon/Walkley Portrait Prize, winning in 2008 for “Waiting for Wanda Jackson”, published in the Good Weekend. In this same year he won a

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for his series on Australian rockabillies, from which the portrait was drawn. The series was subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Sydney. In 2001, Siewert was also awarded an Asialink fellowship to work in Bangkok, Thailand for Asian newspaper,

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. Siewert's photography has been included in solo and group exhibitions at the

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gallery in Solms, Germany, the

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, the

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in Melbourne, the State Library of NSW and Albury Regional Art Gallery.Agence VU
/ref> He is a former member of the Australian Oculi collective

Books

* ''The Last Anzacs: Lest We Forget'', Tony Stephens (Author) and Siewert, Fremantle Arts Centre Press (April 2003)

Exhibitions

, Melbourne Australia, 2005 * ''Rockabilly: living the 50s'',

, 2008

References

External links

Gallery of Siewert's photos at The Sydney Morning Herald

Siewert's portfolio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siewert, Steven Australian photographers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian photojournalists