Ed Lange
Ed Lange (1920 - 1995) was a nudist photographer, and a publisher of many nudist pamphlets and magazines showing the nudist lifestyle. His free love ideals placed him in the sexual revolution movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also was very active in the Western Sunbathing Association and in the first stirrings of the Free Beach movement in the 1960s in California.
Ed Lange
- Born
- Ed Lange was born on 1 January 1920.
- Died
- Ed Lange died on 1 January 1995.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
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Ed Lange (1920 - 1995) was a nudist photographer, and a publisher of many nudist pamphlets and magazines showing the nudist lifestyle. His free love ideals placed him in the sexual revolution movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He also was very active in the Western Sunbathing Association and in the first stirrings of the Free Beach movement in the 1960s in California.
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Magazines
• "Ankh" • "Exposure & Design" • "Nude Lark" (evolved from "Nude Look") • "Nude Look" • "Nude Living" • "Nude Photography" • "Nudism Today" • "Nudist Adventure" • "Nudist Holiday" • "Sundial" • "Sundisk" (evolved from "Sundial") • "Sunrise" • "The Nudist Idea" • "Young and Naked"
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Lange was originally a fashion photographer who worked for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Life magazines as well as a studio photographer at Paramount and Conde Nast in Los Angeles. A few months before his death, he was named Citizen of the Year by the Topanga Chamber of Commerce.
• Family Naturism in Europe: A Nudist Pictorial Classic by Ed Lange • Family Naturism in America: A Nudist Pictorial Classic by Ed Lange • Fun in the Sun: Nudist and Naturist Living by Ed Lange (editor) • "N" Is for Naked (Paperback) by Ed Lange • Nudist Magazines of the 50s & 60s (The Nudist Nostalgia Series, Book 1) by Ed Lange, Stan Sohler. (pbk.: bk. 1) • Nudist Magazines of the 50s & 60s (The Nudist Nostalgia Series, Book 2) by Ed Lange, Stan Sohler. (pbk.: bk. 2) • Nudist Magazines of the 50s & 60s (The Nudist Nostalgia Series, Book 3) by Ed Lange, Stan Sohler. (pbk.: bk. 3) • Nudist Magazines of the 50s & 60s (The Nudist Nostalgia Series, Book 4) by Ed Lange, Stan Sohler. (pbk.: bk. 4) • Nudist Nudes by Ed Lange
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- 1.Oliver, Myrna. Ed Lange; Leading Advocate of Nudism. L.A.Times. 10 May 1995.
- 2.Slater, Eric. Nudist Colony Founder Voted Citizen of Year. L.A.Times. 16 March 1995.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Rasmussen, Cecilia. L.A. Unconventional: The Men and Women Who Did L.A. Their Way. Los Angeles Times. 79–81. 1998. 978-1-883792-23-7.
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