Background
Ed Sievers was born on June 26, 1932, in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. He was the son of a family doctor that made house calls and an aspiring opera singer.
Grinnell College
the Rhode Island School of Design
California State University
Ed Sievers was born on June 26, 1932, in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. He was the son of a family doctor that made house calls and an aspiring opera singer.
Ed Sievers attended Grinnell College, graduating with a degree in Speech in 1954. His first job was as a creative writer for Hallmark Cards. The slogans he penned were notable for the wry wit and wisdom with which he commented on the human condition. At the same time, his interest in the arts was expanding from the literary to the visual, and would ultimately lead him in a new direction.
In 1966 Ed Sievers was accepted into the Master of Fine Arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design to study photography with Harry Callahan. Upon graduation in 1968 he joined the faculty of California State University, Northridge, as a specialist in fine art photography.
Ed Sievers was an associate professor at California State University, Northridge.
Untitled (Self-portrait in the mirror), Venice Beach
1976Untitled (man with the broom)
1960Untitled (Subway station)
1960Untitled (two nuns)
1960Untitled (cutout of a woman)
1970Untitled (Women with bangs)
1960Untitled (Man on a bench)
1970Untitled (woman in a mask) from People in My Corner
1975Untitled (Woman next to shell phone)
1970Untitled (two woman grocery shopping)
1960