Paul freeman photographer biography
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Artist Spotlight: Paul Freeman
International award-winning photographer Paul Freeman grew up in Tasmania and moved to Sydney after graduating from university.
Paul's nude portraits of sports stars and actors began appearing in the mid-'90s in Studio Magazines' international publications Black and White,Sport, and Blue.
In 1996 he wrote a best-selling biography of Australian footballer Ian robert, Ian Roberts: Finding Out, published bygd Random House in 1997.
In 2000, Paul's photography was featured in New York Times art critic Robert Hughes's documentary about Australia, Beyond the Fatal Shore.
His work with Olympians fryst vatten featured in the books The Sydney Dream (2000), The Athens Dream (2004), and Sportbook (2003), published by Studio.
Paul's first monograph, Bondi Classic, was published to critical acclaim in 2003, and a best-selling series of books followed, including Bondi Urban (2005), Bondi Work (2006), and Bondi Road (20
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Paul's art nude portraits of sports stars and actors began appearing in the mid nineteen nineties in Studio Magazines' international publications 'Black And White', 'Sport' and 'Blue'.
In 1996 he wrote the best-selling biography of Australian footballer Ian Roberts, ('Ian Roberts: Finding Out', published by Random House in 1997).
In 2000 Paul's photography was featured in 'The New York Times' art critic Robert Hughes' documentary about Australia 'Beyond The Fatal Shore'.
His work with Olympians is featured in the books 'The Sydney Dream' (2000), 'The Athen's Dream' (2004), and 'Sportbook' (2003), published by Studio.
Paul's first monograph, 'Bondi Classic', was published to critical acclaim in 2003, and a best-selling series of books followed, including 'Bondi Urban' (2005), 'Bondi Work' (2006) and 'Bondi Road' (2007).
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Having established himself at the pinnacle of his craft, not only as a photographer, but as a visual poet and artist, Paul Freeman’s gift is to find and unashamedly eulogize the spirit of a rugged, yet sensitive male beauty. From his compositions and lighting to the particular tough texture of his shoot locations, his collections set a unique and mesmerising tone of sophisticated rawness rarely achieved in books of the male nude.
Paul grew up in Tasmania, the small southern island state of Australia. After graduating from university with a degree in English Literature and History , he moved to Sydney to study and pursue acting, before taking up photography, learning his craft at the Australian Centre For Photography.
His nude portraits of men and women, sports stars and actors, began appearing in the prestigious Black And White Magazine and in their sister publications, Sport and Blue, and in the magazines’ Olympic books, The Sydney Dream (2000) and The Athens Dr