Freeman Patterson

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Freeman Patterson photographing in South Africa
Freeman Patterson photographing in South Africa

Freeman Wilford Patterson (b. at Long Reach, New Brunswick September 25, 1937) is a Canadian nature photographer and writer.

Patterson has authored a number of books on photographic techniques, including Photography for the Joy of It (1967), Photography and the Art of Seeing (1979) and Photography of Natural Things (1982).

Cover of Freeman Patterson book, The Last Wilderness: Images of the Canadian Wild
Cover of Freeman Patterson book, The Last Wilderness: Images of the Canadian Wild

Patterson has also authored books centered on his nature photography, such as Namaqualand: Garden of the Gods (1984), Portraits of Earth (1987), In a Canadian Garden (1989), The Last Wilderness: Images of the Canadian Wild (1990) and One Planet, One Man (1994). In 2001, Patterson and co-author Andre Gallant, produced Photo Impressionism and The Subjective Image.

In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

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