Edward Colver is an American photographer, best known for his photographs taken in the early years of punk. 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 he also greatly helped in defining the photography style and graphic identity of the American hardcore punk movement.

Ed was in the right place at the right time and with the right attitude, but he was not just a witness in the eye of the storm, he was truly a part of the bigger picture, he lived it.

Colver has created 20th century icons with his photos. The moments he captured on film will live on as icons not only because of the vision of the photos themselves, but because they eloquently document the hardcore punk genres first steps into the world.

His images are celebrated on over 500 albums for iconic bands such as Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Adolescents, Bad Religion, Christian Death & T.S.O.L. True to his punk ethos, over the decades that Colver has been shooting, he has never run an ad, never asked for work and never had a published phone number. Ed let’s his work speak for itself.

Produced by Babylon LA / Bronco Film Co

Shot / Edited by Zachary Sutherland