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.


This thread is dedicated to his work.
But pics of models with their own thread have to be posted on the respective threads.

Index of Leja pics or sets on VEF, or posted on this thread, to be updated :

Alice Roles
Aprille Lytell 2
Araya Emery 2
Barbara Caron
Barbara Peckinpaugh
Betty
Beverly Standley 2
Bonnie Clarke 2
Brandy Case
Brigette Baum 2
C. Amsterdam 2
Candy Walker 2 3
Carol McBee
Carol Weisskopf
Carole Wooley 2
Cecile Allain
Celeste Rauschert
Charlotte Stewart
Cheri Enid 2
Cheryl Stewart 2
Christmas Mitchell 2 3
Colette Berne 2 3 4
Concert Mayol, Paris 2 3
Cynthia Gaede 2 3
Cynthia Gant
Cynthia Simpson
Daisy Hellman
Damian Zish
Dee Matteson
Denise Daniel
Diane White
Donna Michelle 2 3 4 5
Donna Rogers 2 3 4 5 6
Donna Scott
Donna Stanley 2
Doris Ayala 2
Freddi Robbins
Gail Vandermost 2
Gigi Frost 2
Glenda Graham 2
Gloria Knight 2 3
Gloria O'Cana 2
Goldie Gibson
Greta Saffell 2
Helena Clayton
Jeani Mack 2 3 4
Jessie Baker
Jetta Salling
Joan Kress
Judy Moore 2 3
Kathy Knowblock
Kathy Price
Keli Stewart 2 3
Kellie Everts 2 3 4
Kitty Randall 2
Koval Crane
Laine Carliss aka Honey Harmon 3 4 5 6
Laura Stevens 2
Laurene Dulac 2 3 4 5 6
Lee Lane 2
Leona Uris
Linda Curry
Linda Smith
Lois Bishop 2 3
Lori Winston aka Julie Cron 2 3
Lorie Armbrust 2 3
Lovie Harris 2 3 4
Luana Chilton
Lynde Redden 2
Madeline Castle 2 3 4 5
Marcella Brooker
Margie Fisco
Marguerite Empey aka Diane Webber 2 3 4 5 6
Marian Bartta
Marilyn Wesley 2 3
Mary Beth Meaky
Mary Vallade
Maureen Cross
Maya Malbasa 2
Mickey Jines 2 3 4 5 6
Millicent Hutson
Monica Smith
Mykt Gaber 2
Nan Burns
Natasha Pidgue
Nell Bedell
Niki Sharrock
Pat Connely 2 3 4 5
Pat Larsen
Pat O'Connell 2 3
Patti Conley
Patty Barrick
Peggy Cochran 2
Rita Ritman
Robin Caulkins aka Jacqueline Brooks
Ronnie Powers 2
Sandra Henderson 2
Sandy Dempsey
Sarah Hardenburg
Sharon Matt 2 3
Sharron Myers 2
Shawn Daley
Sherry Everett 2 3 4
Shirley Kilpatrick 2 3 4 5
Shirley Skates 2 3
Sue Parker 2
Sue Snow 2 3 4 5 6 7
Unknown model 2
Vici Larraine
Vincene Cradduck aka Vincene Wallace 2
Vivian Gursten
Wendy Wyatt 2
Yvonne Pellicano