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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2010-11-24 12:02 pm

Ed Freeman: I.T. Dramatic Scenes

Ed Freeman's early career was all about music; first in New York, where he was a road manager on the last Beatles' tour, played guitar on dozens of pop recordings and worked as an arranger and producer with Carly Simon, Cher and Don McLean (American Pie) among others.

Living in Los Angeles now and working as photographer, he creates commercial and fine art images that have been featured in hundred of publications. Two books of his work have been published. His architectural series - Desert Realty and Urban Realty - are the subject of touring museum shows.





He travels the world taking pictures, teaches Photoshop at Santa Monica College, still plays piano, is fighting a losing battle to learn Mandarin Chinese and swears mightly that he will write the Great American Symphony someday - whenever he gets some spare time.

Don't hold your breath.

His motifs are for the most part nudes and landscapes that he often turns into dramatic scenes with the help of computer technology. In doing so he has described an incredibly expressive photographic language. His works have been published in countless magazines and anthologies.

Solo Books:

Work (Bruno Gmunder, Germany, 2000)
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh; illustrated edition edition (September 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3861878844
ISBN-13: 978-3861878841
Amazon: Work























Presenting Athletic Beauty! Ed Freeman’s male nudes celebrate the athletic beauty of men’s bodies. But Freeman is also a master of classic solo and couples portraits – with consummate lighting they present intense moments full of power, eroticism and even tenderness. Since his models are also unique masculine beauties, you should not miss out on this complex erotic masterpiece. Ed Freeman himself is an absolute multi-talent. After working for 25 years as musician and producer he decided to focus his energies on photography. His motifs are for the most part nudes and landscapes that he often turns into dramatic scenes with the help of computer technology. In doing so he has described an incredibly expressive photographic language. His works have been published in countless magazines and anthologies. "Work" is his first solo publication, which is now available in a soft-cover edition.

Desert Realty (LA Times Books 2003, Chronicle Books 2007)
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (June 7, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811858235
ISBN-13: 978-0811858236
Amazon: Desert Realty




Norman Mayers


Norman Mayers


Jeremy Tang

The California desert as you've never seen it before and never will. This is Desert Realty, a stunning collection of surreal photographs. Glorifying ordinary structures and subverting the conventions of traditional landscape photography through digital manipulation, Freeman gleefully guides us through a dreamscape of palm trees and lurid skies, bringing the desert and its humble architecture into focus. In the vanguard of acclaimed photographers using digital techniques to express their artistic vision, Freeman also includes concise explanations of how the photos were created making Desert Realty a veritable primer on digital image manipulation and an inimitable addition to the history of Western landscape photography.

More Photographers at my website: http://www.elisarolle.com/, My Ramblings/Art

[identity profile] shadownyc.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Very powerful pieces! Thank you for sharing these.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
you are more than welcome.

[identity profile] kika-k.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Bellissime foto!
Mi piace tanto la seconda che hai messo ed è molto famosa poichè la vedo spesso in molti siti.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
si anche la 4 la vedo spesso.

[identity profile] clmiles.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, these are great! Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2010-11-24 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
my pleasure, and it's not a saying ;-)

Stunning work

(Anonymous) 2011-01-20 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
I was looking for art on the angles of the USA and came across this awesome site. Your work is beyond graceful, it is an opportunity to imagine ourselves in that very moment the flash is burned..... The Jeremy Tang is a favorite, does he do any other work? Bravo for the site and again for the work you have done her. Cheers! Guy Sutton, MD

Re: Stunning work

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2011-01-20 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
The most recent work by Ed Freeman I came across is Desert Realty (LA Times Books 2003, Chronicle Books 2007), unfortunately I don't know if he published anything else after that.