Kent Sievers

220 Castle Pine Dr.

Papillion, Nebraska 68133

kent@kentsievers.com

I broke into the news business right out of high school by freelancing overnight spot news for the Phoenix Gazette and stringing days for United Press International.

A sleepless year of freelancing earned me my first staff photographer job at the Mesa Tribune, followed by a move to the Arizona Republic where I met my wife, Deb Shanahan. We married in 1984. In the late 80s, I became photo editor of the Scottsdale Progress. Our daughter, Alison, was born in 1988.

In 1990, a pair of job offers from the Omaha World-Herald brought us to Nebraska, where our son, Nathan, was born in 1991.

When the promised photo job at the Omaha World-Herald disappeared on our arrival, I set about building what became a thriving commercial and editorial freelance photography business. Ten years later, the World-Herald made good on the job offer. I worked there for 18 years and in 2019 was given the Bob Dorr Award, the newsroom's highest honor.

In May of 2019, I left the World-Herald to shoot photos for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. I worked there for five years and retired in July of 2024. These days I do a little freelancing and private tutoring.

Biography

My bedroom doubled as a darkroom in the early years.