International award-winning photographer Paul Freeman grew up in Tasmania and moved to Sydney after graduating from University.
His photographic art nudes and portraits of sports stars and actors began appearing in the prestige Studio Magazines' 'Black And White', 'Sport' and 'Blue', in the mid nineteen nineties.
Freeman's work with Olympians is featured in the books 'The Sydney Dream' (2000), 'The Athen's Dream' (2004), and 'Sportbook' (2003), published by Studio.
In 1996 he wrote the best-selling biography of Australian footballer Ian Roberts, ('Ian Roberts: Finding Out', published by Random House in 1997).
His first monograph 'Bondi Classic' was published to critical acclaim in 2003, and a Bondi series of books followed, 'Bondi Urban' (2005), 'Bondi Work' (2006) and 'Bondi Road' (2007).
'Outback Brumby' is the third in a series featuring photographs themed around the Australian countryside, succeeding 'Outback' ( 2008) and 'Outback Currawong Creek' ( 2009) .
Freeman has exhibited in New York at The Leslie Lohmann Gallery in Soho, in Sydney at The Art Gallery Of New South Wales, The Powerhouse Museum, Byron McMahon Gallery, The Australian Centre for Photography and Chifley Square, and at The Melbourne Aquatic Centre, as well as other venues and galleries.
His photography has been lauded in 'New York Times' Art Critic Robert Hughes' documentary series about Australia, 'Beyond The Fatal Shore', on Australia's ABC television's 'Sunday Arts' program, and his photography and books have been lauded in reviews in many periodicals and websites.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The male form in all its splendour has been all but obliterated from Australian popular culture. Australian films in the 1970s for instance, could show full male nudity, but 40 years later, this is almost impossible. Plays performed in Sydney frequently have nudity removed, and literature once deemed suitable for study in schools that contained nudity such as Equus have long since been banished from reading lists.
Given the increasingly conservative tenor in Australian popular culture, it is entirely appropriate that his latest work should be titled 'Heroics' as Paul Freeman is one of the few artists courageous, dare I say heroic? - enough to present the male form uncompromisingly naked. No coy side on poses, or strategically placed hands in this photographic collection, no waxed / trimmed / plucked torsos; rather, a sensuous celebration of masculine beauty. Thematically, the book recalls earlier periods in history when the male form was valorised - as in the Roman times of gladiators depicted on the book's cover - and where there was nothing shameful or embarrassing about male nudity.
I was somewhat ambivalent when I heard about the release of the first Outback book several years, as I so loved the five Bondi books and believed they could not be topped. However, the Outback series actually surpassed the Bondi series in my view, elevating Paul's photography to an even higher level artistically. While it is too early to make predictions about where the Heroics series might lead, I must say it is a stunning beginning.
Stylistically, Heroics is very different to the Bondi and Outback series. The Australian landscape is no longer central to the work, and there is a universality underpinning the photographs.... Read more ›
Given the increasingly conservative tenor in Australian popular culture, it is entirely appropriate that his latest work should be titled 'Heroics' as Paul Freeman is one of the few artists courageous, dare I say heroic? - enough to present the male form uncompromisingly naked. No coy side on poses, or strategically placed hands in this photographic collection, no waxed / trimmed / plucked torsos; rather, a sensuous celebration of masculine beauty. Thematically, the book recalls earlier periods in history when the male form was valorised - as in the Roman times of gladiators depicted on the book's cover - and where there was nothing shameful or embarrassing about male nudity.
I was somewhat ambivalent when I heard about the release of the first Outback book several years, as I so loved the five Bondi books and believed they could not be topped. However, the Outback series actually surpassed the Bondi series in my view, elevating Paul's photography to an even higher level artistically. While it is too early to make predictions about where the Heroics series might lead, I must say it is a stunning beginning.
Stylistically, Heroics is very different to the Bondi and Outback series. The Australian landscape is no longer central to the work, and there is a universality underpinning the photographs.... Read more ›
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The photos inside are just the same 10-12 models dressed in half uniform matters
No real erotic picture
Good photo quality
Good looking models
Repetitive pose
the background seems thoughtlessly incorporated
I was more expecting images of battle warrior frame shots or guys with different armory at different settings that suits their armor...and not a guy with a huge helmet wearing a pair of socks sitting on top of a toilet trying to look sexy
Makes the photographer almost seems like an amateur
If you just want to see cute face hot guys this book is okay
if you want actions there will be none
if you want actually reference for warriors there really is none either so...
No real erotic picture
Good photo quality
Good looking models
Repetitive pose
the background seems thoughtlessly incorporated
I was more expecting images of battle warrior frame shots or guys with different armory at different settings that suits their armor...and not a guy with a huge helmet wearing a pair of socks sitting on top of a toilet trying to look sexy
Makes the photographer almost seems like an amateur
If you just want to see cute face hot guys this book is okay
if you want actions there will be none
if you want actually reference for warriors there really is none either so...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
HEROICS is yet another fine example of the GENIUS of Paul Freeman!!!
March 6, 2013
By Roman 1
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I must admit to a HIGH level of prejudice where this artist is concerned and I make no apologies for it. Paul Freeman's name was unknown to me until January 2012 when a dear friend of mine in Austria sent me this work as a gift for my birthday. Now I own EVERY volume of his artwork. The man has NO equal in male nude art photography. His models are the most beautiful, rugged MEN on the planet and Paul's genius is finding them and placing them in front of his lens. His work draws the viewer into his world and makes us part of that world. Heroics is a departure from Freeman's previous works like the Bondi series or the Outback series. Heroics takes his models and stages them in period costume from Roman times to Napoleonic. These photographs are unbelievable--NEVER contrived. Although different from his other work, it is definitely Freeman. The cover photograph is indicative of what's inside, but many surprises await the viewer!! This volume contains some of Freeman's most beautiful, hairy, rugged men to date and many of the photographs are full frontal and erect. You won't be disappointed with the variety of the men nor the inclusion of the abundant frontal shots. But rest assured; Freeman's art is never pornographic, but it is erotic. If you never own but one male nude art photographer's work then it should be Paul Freeman's. I regard his art so highly, that I purchased this book as a gift for the same friend who gave it to me over a year ago!!! You can't get a better endorsement than that!!! I didn't give this book 5 STARS for nothing. It is a piece of photographic genius with a magic all its own. If you own just one of his volumes, you will purchase them all. He is just that great--ENJOY!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Ed Talley
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
HEROICS exceeded my every expectation.
This is not the picture version of your
9th grade Latin textbook. This is a real
man's visual of sweat and emotion seen
through the Greco-Roman venue. Typical
and exception Freeman photography with
all the shadows and the light at just the
right angle--and oh, the bodies stripped
to gladiatorial rawness. I have already
ordered and received through Amazon other
works by Freeman from his "Bondi" series.
Great works and Classics about to become
a classic!
This is not the picture version of your
9th grade Latin textbook. This is a real
man's visual of sweat and emotion seen
through the Greco-Roman venue. Typical
and exception Freeman photography with
all the shadows and the light at just the
right angle--and oh, the bodies stripped
to gladiatorial rawness. I have already
ordered and received through Amazon other
works by Freeman from his "Bondi" series.
Great works and Classics about to become
a classic!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heroics: Costumes and Attitudes from the Past in Full Bloom NOW!
October 21, 2011
Format:Hardcover
Paul Freeman always takes his large following of admirers of his photographic artistry on an experience with every new book he publishes. With a reputation for finding the finest models in Australia to appear in his previous volumes of the outback in Australia (Outback, Outback Currawong Creek, Outback Brumby, Bondi Classic, Bondi Urban, Bondi Work, Bondi Road) the reader expects to see stunningly handsome hunks on the pages of his monographs. But this new book, HEROICS, is a different step for Freeman.
Continuing the same exceptionally high quality of photographic art - black and white, duotone, full color, and color tinted images, with the most sophisticated lighting effects available and a top sense of composition - this book places his models in the uniforms and attitudes of European historical concepts of the Hero. His basically nude models are adorned with swords, shields, armor, hairpieces, and an array of dazzling uniforms from many countries and many periods and from his matrix he recreates the 'old concept' of heroism. Many of the images are tongue in cheek - gladiators posing in front of a kitchen sink, men alone and together with allusions to great warriors from Greek legend and Roman times, men reenacting famous sculptures. Theses images may contain humor and parody, but they still retain Freeman's ability to find that special macho alluring sensuality that is his trademark.
An aspect that makes these images so refreshingly new from his other work is his use of color on otherwise monochromatic photographs. The artist in him flows freely and that aspect we hope to see more often.... Read more ›
Continuing the same exceptionally high quality of photographic art - black and white, duotone, full color, and color tinted images, with the most sophisticated lighting effects available and a top sense of composition - this book places his models in the uniforms and attitudes of European historical concepts of the Hero. His basically nude models are adorned with swords, shields, armor, hairpieces, and an array of dazzling uniforms from many countries and many periods and from his matrix he recreates the 'old concept' of heroism. Many of the images are tongue in cheek - gladiators posing in front of a kitchen sink, men alone and together with allusions to great warriors from Greek legend and Roman times, men reenacting famous sculptures. Theses images may contain humor and parody, but they still retain Freeman's ability to find that special macho alluring sensuality that is his trademark.
An aspect that makes these images so refreshingly new from his other work is his use of color on otherwise monochromatic photographs. The artist in him flows freely and that aspect we hope to see more often.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a wonderful book--------
The book arrived in excellent condition and when it was suppose to. The templates in black and white and in color are excellent. I have really been very happy with it.
Published 4 months ago by Glenn Younger
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautiful Book!
This book is simply amazing! I hadn't know of Paul Freeman's work until just recently and now I am a huge fan. This is male photography at its best! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Grant Richards
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Excellent
The pictures are beautiful and contain content that spotlights heroic figures as well as photos that do as much while blending the historical costumes and modern scenes. Read more
Published 9 months ago by saffronstudios
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Beautiful !
amazing book with the most beautiful photos I' ve never seen ! Thanks to Paul Freeman for his talent and his work !
Published 15 months ago by Thomas
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Stunning photography!
As a sculptor, I use photography books to help me get body proportions correct. This book is terrific! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bronze Realm
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