Michael Freeman (photographer)
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Michael Freeman is a British author, photographer and journalist.
In 1978 Athens the first book giving him title-credit as a photographer, was published in a Time-Life
series called The World’s Great Cities. This was followed by two other books, "Guardians of the North-West Frontier: The Pathans" in 1982 and "Wayfarers of the Thai Forest: The Akha" in 1982, both in the subsequent Time-Life series "Peoples of the Wild". Freeman has had a long working relationship with the Smithsonian magazine, and has photographed 40 stories between 1978 and 2008. One of his main specialisations has been Asian culture, architecture and archaeology, and he has photographed and written many books on these, including five on Angkor
. The first of these, "Angkor: The Hidden Glories" was used in filming the 1992 non-verbal film Baraka
, and Freeman is one of the 8 cast in the accompanying 2008 documentary "Baraka: A Closer Look".
He has written more than 40 books on the subject of photography, in particular its practice, and for two of these ("Light" and "Image", both published by Collins, now HarperCollins
) he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc in 1990 from the Musée Français de la Photographie in Bièvres, France. He has written and illustrated the photography course materials for the Open College of the Arts
, an independent British distance learning
college.
UK (ILEX, 2007, ISBN 978-1905814046)
US (Focal Press
, 2007, ISBN 978-0240809342)
UK (ILEX, 2009, ISBN 978-1905814466)
US (Focal Press
, 2009, ISBN 978-0240811710)
UK (ILEX, 2010, ISBN 978-1905814978)
US (Focal Press
, 2010, ISBN 978-0240815176)
In 1978 Athens the first book giving him title-credit as a photographer, was published in a Time-Life
Time-Life
Time–Life is a creator and direct marketer of books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. Its products are sold throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia through television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales....
series called The World’s Great Cities. This was followed by two other books, "Guardians of the North-West Frontier: The Pathans" in 1982 and "Wayfarers of the Thai Forest: The Akha" in 1982, both in the subsequent Time-Life series "Peoples of the Wild". Freeman has had a long working relationship with the Smithsonian magazine, and has photographed 40 stories between 1978 and 2008. One of his main specialisations has been Asian culture, architecture and archaeology, and he has photographed and written many books on these, including five on Angkor
Angkor
Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara , meaning "city"...
. The first of these, "Angkor: The Hidden Glories" was used in filming the 1992 non-verbal film Baraka
Baraka (film)
Baraka is a 1992 non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke. The title Baraka is a word that means blessing in a multitude of languages....
, and Freeman is one of the 8 cast in the accompanying 2008 documentary "Baraka: A Closer Look".
He has written more than 40 books on the subject of photography, in particular its practice, and for two of these ("Light" and "Image", both published by Collins, now HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
) he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc in 1990 from the Musée Français de la Photographie in Bièvres, France. He has written and illustrated the photography course materials for the Open College of the Arts
Open College of the Arts
The Open College of the Arts is a distance learning independent arts college, with a Head Office in Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England...
, an independent British distance learning
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
college.
Photography books
- Athens (Time-Life, 1978, ISBN 0836850211),
- Guardians of the North-West Frontier: The Pathans (Time-Life, 1982, ISBN 9780705407021)
- Wayfarers of the Thai Forest: The Akha(Time-Life, 1982, ISBN 9780705407038)
- Angkor: The Hidden Glories (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990, ISBN 9780395537572)
- The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
UK (ILEX, 2007, ISBN 978-1905814046)
US (Focal Press
Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of Elsevier. It was founded in 1938 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, a Hungarian photographer who immigrated to England in 1937 and eventually published over 1,200 books on photography....
, 2007, ISBN 978-0240809342)
- Michael Freeman's Perfect Exposure
UK (ILEX, 2009, ISBN 978-1905814466)
US (Focal Press
Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of Elsevier. It was founded in 1938 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, a Hungarian photographer who immigrated to England in 1937 and eventually published over 1,200 books on photography....
, 2009, ISBN 978-0240811710)
- The Photographer's Mind: Creative Thinking for Better Digital Photos
UK (ILEX, 2010, ISBN 978-1905814978)
US (Focal Press
Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of media technology books and it is an imprint of Elsevier. It was founded in 1938 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, a Hungarian photographer who immigrated to England in 1937 and eventually published over 1,200 books on photography....
, 2010, ISBN 978-0240815176)
Books on Asia
- Ricelands: The World of South-east Asian Food (Reaktion Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1861893789)
- The Spirit of Asia: Journeys to the Sacred Places of the East (Thames & Hudson, 2000, ISBN 978-0500510230)
- "New Zen, The tea-ceremony room in modern Japanese architecture" (Eight Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9554322-0-0)http://8books.co.uk/newzen.html
- and many others
Books on Africa
- Sudan: The Land and the People (Thames & Hudson, 2005, ISBN 978-0500512579). This book was accompanied by a 70-print exhibition exhibition mounted by Meridian International Center, Washington DC, a non-profit public diplomacy institution, which organised the exhibit to tour the US for three years.
Books on Interiors
- "The Source - Inspirational ideas for the home" (Eight Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9554322-4-8)http://8books.co.uk/source.html
External links
- An Interview with Photographer and Writer Michael Freeman
- Official website
- OCA-administered website
- List of published books in British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
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