Stephen Wayda | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California | December 12, 1946
Residence | Santa Monica, California |
Occupation | Photographer |
Known for | Playboy magazine Principal photographer of Pamela Anderson in Pictures: Photographs |
Stephen Wayda (born December 12, 1946) is an American professional photographer, best known for his photography for Playboy magazine. [1] [2] [3]
A photographer is a person who makes photographs.
Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Notable for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), Playboy played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide.
Wayda was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California. [4] After high school, he attended the University of Utah where he majored in journalism and political science. [5] Wayda hoped to join the Navy ROTC and fly jets, but when his grandfather died and left him a camera collection, he taught himself photography. [6]
Wayda worked as a newspaper reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune for seven years, where his photographs accompanied the stories he reported. [5] [7] While working for the Tribune, Wayda was honored for saving the life of Salt Lake City police officer Brent Elcock. [8] Having developed a method to enhance the reproduction of photographs in the letterpress newspapers, Wayda began his commercial photography career taking newspaper photographs for Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), a Salt Lake City based department store, working with models from a local agency. [1] [5] [9]
The Salt Lake Tribune is a daily newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, with the largest weekday circulation but second-largest Sunday circulation, behind the Deseret News. The Tribune, often referred to as just "the Trib," is owned by Paul Huntsman and printed through a joint operating agreement with the Deseret News through the Newspaper Agency Corporation. For almost 100 years it was a family-owned newspaper held by the heirs of U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns. After Kearns died in 1918 the company was controlled by his widow, Jennie Judge Kearns, and son, Thomas F. Kearns. The newspaper's longtime publisher was John F. Fitzpatrick, who started his career as secretary to Senator Kearns in 1913.
Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution was the first department store in the United States. It was founded on October 9, 1868 by Brigham Young. For many years it used the slogan, "America's First Department Store".
Wayda was introduced to Playboy editor Marilyn Grabowski through photographer Dwight Hooker. [1] For forty years, Grabowski was the woman behind the centerfolds, defining the pages of Playboy. [10] Playboy publisher, Hugh Hefner, said, "…from an inauspicious start, he has become the most published photographer in the history of Playboy. His iconic images have helped change the way the world looks at women, and the way women look at the world. His influence on photography can not be overstated. […] His contribution to photography will live on for generations to come." [4] Wayda's photos have been featured on the cover of Playboy more than any other photographer. [1] [5] He was the principal photographer for Pamela Anderson, and his photographs are found in the book Pamela Anderson in Pictures. [5] [11]
Dwight Hooker was an American photographer and architect. He was best known as a photographer for Playboy magazine and has been described as one of the masters of "the sensual and the erotic", along with photographers Helmut Newton and J. Frederick Smith. One of his photographs became the basis of Lenna, the standard test image for image processing algorithms and related scientific publications.
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress and model. Anderson is best known for her appearances in Playboy magazine and for her work on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch and V.I.P..
Over his photography career, Wayda has photographed such celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Tom Selleck, Demi Moore, Claudia Schifer, Linda Evangelista, The Game, Kid Rock, Travis Barker, Kim Kardashian, Brooke Burke and Jenny McCarthy. [5] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Wayda's photographs have been featured in fashion, lifestyle, and sport magazines. [1]
Suze Randall is an English model, photographer, and pornographer.
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOM). The PMOM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playmate Data Sheet", which lists her birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs. At the end of the year, one of the twelve Playmates of the Month is named Playmate of the Year (PMOY). Currently, Playmates of the Month are paid US$25,000 and Playmates of the Year receive an additional US$100,000 plus a car and a motorcycle. In addition, Anniversary Playmates are usually chosen to celebrate a milestone year of the magazine.
Audra Lynn is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Miss October 2003.
Arny Freytag is an American photographer who specializes in glamour photography. He began working for Playboy magazine in 1976 and at one time was one of only two photographers who produced the Playboy centerfold photographs.