Joe Sia

Photographer.

Born: December 12, 1945, Bronx, N.Y.
Died: Age 57, April 21, 2003

Joe was a resident of Fairfield for 38 years and had been living in Stratford for the last two years. Joe attended Mt. St. Michael’s High School, Bronx, N.Y., and graduated from Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, in 1970. Joe was a world renowned photographer. His first published photograph was of Joe Cocker on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1969. In the past four decades Joe’s photos have appeared in over 120 magazines and books worldwide including two of his own: "Woodstock ’69" and "Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll". His photos have been used in every form of printed and electronic media and on many televised documentaries.