Sivan Lewin grew up in London, England. She studied at the London School of Economics where she co-edited the college newspaper. Afterhours, with her friends, she organized warehouse parties and clubs and even had a stint on pirate radio.

She dabbled briefly with tabloid journalism then came to New York and started working in photography. After three years as a photo assistant she returned to London to study for an MA at The Royal College of Art.

Straight after college she won the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award. She spent a semester in Chicago at the School of the Art Institute and came back to London and had a one person show at the Photographer's Gallery. She also participated in group shows in the UK, France and the Netherlands. She spent three months on a young artist's residency, at the Nicéphore Niépce Museum in France, making an installation based on a camera obscura. She taught photography for a while as a part-time lecturer at Bournemouth and Poole College and at the University of Hertfordshire.

During her time in the UK Sivan worked as a photographer for The World of Interiors, Wallpaper, Tate magazine, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine and British Vogue. In 2002 she moved back to New York where she has enjoyed much success working for W, American Vogue, House and Garden and The New York Times Magazine.

Her commericial clients include: Barneys, Kate Spade, Banana Republic, Anthropologie, Bergdorf Goodman and Nike.

Sivan lives in New York.