Stephen Wayda

Wayda was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California.{{cite web|url=http://electrastarmodels.com/our-photographers/|title=Our Photographers|publisher=Electra Star Models|accessdate=June 11, 2014}} After high school, he attended the University of Utah where he majored in journalism and political science.{{cite web|url=http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/interviews/playboy-photographer-stephen-wayda-has-dream-job|title=Playboy Photographer Stephen Wayda Has Dream Job|publisher=American Superstar Magazine|author=Jessamyn Cuneo|date=March 31, 2007|accessdate=December 17, 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=How To Shoot The Perfect Playmate Pictorial|url=http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/interviews/stephen-wayda-how-to-shoot-the-perfect-playmate-pictorial|publisher=American Superstar Magazine|author=Jeff Ferrantino|date=March 31, 2007|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}

Wayda worked as a newspaper reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune for seven years, where his photographs accompanied the stories he reported.{{cite news|title=Inside Photography|publisher=American Photo|date=Sep–Oct 2005|page=7}} While working for the Tribune, Wayda was honored for saving the life of Salt Lake City police officer Brent Elcock.{{cite news|title=Police Honor Newsman|work=The Salt Lake Tribune}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2010/06/jake_gyllenhaal_would_like_to.html|title=Jake Gyllenhaal Would Like to Thank His Abs|work=New York|date=June 4, 2010|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}

Wayda was introduced to Playboy editor Marilyn Grabowski through photographer Dwight Hooker. For forty years, Grabowski was the woman behind the centerfolds, defining the pages of Playboy.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-13-tm-grabowski11-story.html|title=The Woman Behind the Centerfolds|author=Amy Wallace|date=March 13, 2005|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 11, 2014}} 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." Wayda's photos have been featured on the cover of Playboy more than any other photographer. He was the principal photographer for Pamela Anderson, and his photographs are found in the book Pamela Anderson in Pictures.{{cite web|title=Liz Gets "Intimate" ...|work=New York Social Daily|url=http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1909240/print|author=Liz Smith|date=March 28, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}

Over his photography career, Wayda has photographed such celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Tom Selleck, Demi Moore, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, The Game, Kid Rock, Travis Barker, Kim Kardashian, Brooke Burke and Jenny McCarthy.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/kim-kardashian-easier-shoot-playboy-guarded-ashley-dupre-photog-steve-wayda-article-1.165481|title=Kim Kardashian much easier to shoot for Playboy than 'guarded' Ashley Dupre|work=Daily News|location=New York|date=April 24, 2010|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/05/12/playboy-3-d-like-avatar-because-of-how-the-thing-pops-out/|title=Playboy 3-D: 'Like Avatar because of how the thing pops out'|author=Ben Kaplan|work=National Post|date=May 12, 2010|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.criteriohidalgo.com/notas.asp?id=75791|title=Pilar Montenegro mostrará todos sus encantos en EU|publisher=Ticket|date=January 15, 2012|author=Juan Carlos García|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://numerof.com/blog/?p=572|title=Stephen Wayda – Fotografo Playboy |website=Numero f |language=Spanish |date=February 13, 2007|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vintageplayboymags.co.uk/photographers/Stephen_Wayda/Index.htm|title=Stephen Wayda, Playboy Photographer|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenwayda.com/#/Commercial/Newsstands%20/1/|title=Stephen Wayda|accessdate=June 11, 2014}}

Wayda's photographs have been featured in fashion, lifestyle, and sport magazines.

• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5YDAAAACAAJ |first1=Stephen |last1=Wayda |first2=Bibi |last2=Jordan |year=1996 |title=Pamela Anderson in Pictures: Photographs by Stephen Wayda |publisher=General Pub Group |isbn=978-1881649946}}

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• [http://www.vintageplayboymags.co.uk/photographers/Stephen_Wayda/Index.htm Wayda's Playboy Catalogue]

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