Background
Ted Tessier was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Photographer teacher graphic arts consultant
Ted Tessier was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Tessier studied at the Photo League (1946-51) and received a BS from New York University in 1950.
A freelance photographer since 1950, he has been a faculty member of the New School for Social Research in Manhattan since 1977 and since 1969 has been creative director of Sabine Press and Advertising in New York City. He has also taught photography at Queens College, Flushing, New York (1969), and at Cooper Union in New York City (1964-68).
Tessier has belonged to ASMP since 1956 and was a charter member of SPE.