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Edmund Leja, also known as Ed Leja (1919-2002) started in Detroit, in the mid 40's
and mainly after 45 his first attempts as "semi-pro" photographer.
He moved to California in 52 and increased his activity in photography and began hiring models
on weekends to shoot on location and in and around his home.
For his artistic figure work, Leja often preferred the great outdoors,
just like one of his colleagues, Andre de Dienes.
Based in West Hollywood and Studio City, at the heart of the early Southern California
nude photography industry, de Dienes and Leja shared several model contacts.
They both photographed two-time Playmate of the Month Diane Webber
(Miss May 1955 and Miss February 1956),
Collette Berne (Playboy cover model, July 1960), as well as Sue Snow and Tammy Saunders.
Leja discovered and photographed three Playmates for Playboy magazine
(one of these Playmates, Donna Michelle, had actually been discovered by one of Leja's daughters).
He photographed Teddi Smith, Miss July 1960, Donna Michelle, Miss December 1963
(and 1964's Playmate of the Year), and Lori Winston, Miss June 1964.
A leading pioneer in the fields of glamour, pin-ups, nudes and erotica,
Edmund Leja photographed over 200 models between the 1940s and the early 1980s.
His body of work encompasses more than 100,000 images.
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