Ed Alexander began his photographic career as an apprentice to a fashion photographer in London. In search of greater artistic freedom, he went to the United States and began shooting freelance glamour work with the help of an agent, Al Weiss of Galaxy Photos. After selling his first glamour photo to Popular Photography magazine, he was well on his way. He would later return to London determined to be the best glamour photographer in the country.
Ed’s photos appeared in various American publications, including the book 10 Top Glamour Photographers (1959) and Figure Annual (Winter 1963). He also shot for numerous American men’s magazines, including Rogue, Cavalier and Modern Man. A few of his magazine shoots included the Feb. 1962 issue of Rogue magazine (Oriel Bivens), the Oct. 1962 issue of Modern Man (Pip Grant), the Jan. 1963 issue of Modern Man (Gina Graham), the Nov. 1963 issue of Modern Man (Ann Terry), the Feb. 1965 issue of Rogue magazine (Monica Jordan), the Aug. 1964 issue of Rogue (Gabrielle Monique) and the January 1968 issue of Cavalier magazine (Sally Brewer).
Camera equipment used by Mr. Alexander in the late 50s and early 60s included the medium format cameras Hasselblad and Rolleiflex and 35mm Leica and Canon cameras. One of his favourite b&w films in the early days was Ilford FP3.
After returning to England, Ed photographed numerous glamour models and published a few books of his photos, including Ed Alexander’s Female Figure Photography (1962), Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties (1964), and English Glamor Models (1966).
Some of Alexander’s models included: Nancy Roberts, Nicky Lawrence, Bernadette Kell, Wendy Luton, Frankie Young, June Palmer, Terry Higgins, Sylvia Munoz, Janice Allen, Penny Langley, Sophie Dom, Suzanne Rainer, Marie Barry, Lorna Tern, Vicki Kennedy, Ann Walker and Linsay Dale.
In 1963, Ed commented that the most rewarding part of his career was “knowing that I have achieved a certain amount of success in the field…and secure in the knowledge that I will learn even more and accomplish much in the future.”
After returning to England, Ed began shooting for the British men’s magazine Mayfair in the late 1960s and early to mid-70s.
The latest information I have on Ed Alexander is that in 2009, he was 80 years old and living with his wife, a former glamour model whom he had met in London in the 1970s.
Ed passed away on Oct. 29, 2014.
Source:
https://glamourphotographers.yolasite.com/more-photogs-page-2.php
