Edward Colver

• Name — Edward Colver • Birth Name — Edward Curtiss Colver • Born — 17 June 1949 • Birthplace — Pomona, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1978–present • Occupation — Photographer • Spouse — Karin Swinney • Website — edwardcolver.com

Colver not only created a visual document of the birth of the hardcore punk in suburban Southern California from late 1978 to mid-1984, but also he greatly helped in defining the photography style and graphic identity of the American hardcore punk movement. He was active in the Southern California hardcore punk scene during its early development. As he was personally involved in the community at that time, his early work serves as a primary record of the culture and events of that period. His work was featured extensively in the book American Hardcore: A Tribal History (2001), written by Steven Blush, and in its documentary film version, American Hardcore (2006), directed by Paul Rachman.

A third-generation Southern Californian born on June 17, 1949, in Pomona, California, Colver was named after an ancestor who arrived in the United States from Cornwall, England, in 1635. Edward's father, Charles Colver, was a forest ranger for 43 years. Upon his retirement, Charles was presented with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award by President George H. W. Bush at the White House. The tallest peak southwest of Mount San Antonio aka Mount Baldy, was named Colver Peak after Charles.

• Year — Album title — Artist — Contribution • 1980 — Group Sex — Circle Jerks — front, back cover and inner sleeve photos • 1981 — "Louie Louie" (single) — Black Flag — front and back cover photos • 1981 — Damaged — Black Flag — front cover photo • 1981 — Danger Zone (EP) — China White — front cover photo • 1981 — Let Them Eat Jellybeans! — various artists — back cover photo • 1981 — Reagan's In — Wasted Youth — back cover and insert sheet photos • 1981 — T.S.O.L. (EP) — T.S.O.L. — front cover photo • 1981 — Dance with Me — T.S.O.L. — some inner sleeve photos • 1981 — Welcome to Reality (EP) — Adolescents — front cover photo • 1982 — How Could Hell Be Any Worse? — Bad Religion — front cover and some insert sheet photos • 1983 — Mommy's Little Monster — Social Distortion — back cover photo • 1983 — L'amour — Lewis — front cover photo • 2019 — Submit to the Blade — The Balboas — back cover photo

• Sample, Jack (2012). Contact Print: Edward Colver (documentary). The Film & Television Conservatory of the Orange County School of the Arts. Online at YouTube.