Outback Currawong Creek [Hardcover]

Paul Freeman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Paul Freeman Pub (July 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098066750X
• ISBN-13: 978-0980667509
• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 10.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #832,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.
For more information got to www.paulfreeman.com.au
or email [e-mail].

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Male Nude Photography Book, December 22, 2009

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Andrew Nelson (Sydney, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outback Currawong Creek (Hardcover)

Paul Freeman is the best photographer of the nude male in Australia, and possibly anywhere. His latest work - Outback Currawong Creek - may well be his finest work. No one surpasses Mr Freeman at capturing the essence of the Australian male - physically powerful, emotionally cryptic, and intrinsically bonded to his mates. Unlike models in other photographic works, Mr Freeman's models are entirely natural - no manscaped, waxed entities here - and all the more beautiful for it. The diverse range of models captured is breathtaking and they are captured in full frontal glory. Not only will one gain a deep understanding of the models in this work, but the Australian landscape they inhabit. Rarely has outback Australia appeared so beautiful. Anyone interested in nude male photography should definitely own a copy of Outback Currawong Creek.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Essence of Masculine, October 27, 2009

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Paul Freeman's photographic art grows in stature and sophistication with every new book and OUTBACK CURRAWONG CREEK is an excellent example. His previous tour of the outback of Australia, simply titled OUTBACK, savoured the flavor of the wildness of the countryside of Australia, giving the hauntingly beautiful serenity of this land just the right amount of interest with the population of men at work. In this even more impressive volume of both black and white, color and near sepia toned images, Freeman seems to have found the core of his poetic view of a land where 'civilization' has yet to blight.

Currawong Creek is a crumbling, disinherited sheep station in the outback of Australia. There are sturdy but much used barns, houses, and dilapidated sheds that all seem to be seasonal habitats used at sheep shearing time. Into this setting Freeman has placed his models, men so ruggedly masculine that they seem as though they actually are sheepherders, drovers, and cowboys. These are not at all the usual posed models of many other photographic monographs: these men, both in levis and torn shirts and at times free of clothing altogether, seem wholly involved in the work at hand. But this is where Freeman is unique among artists emphasizing the male model. As ordinary as a work day these men doff their clothes for a swim or a nap in the shorn wool, on hay bales and by bodies of water - men at rest from hard labor. Instead of the shaved and oiled muscle man tropes, the men of Currawong Creek are at times covered with dust and dirt, and far from being shaved these men are naturally hairy! The mood of the book is one of camaraderie of men away from the eyes of society, men at work, at rest, and at play.

Some of the very large pages of this volume hold four photographs, images that seem like casual conversation snapshots, while other pages wax poetic as in the double page spread of a contemporary Narcissus observing his reflection in the water. This collection contains some particularly beautiful portraits where Freeman engages the eye of the model (such as the man on the cover), transmitting unspoken conversations that bring the viewer into the rugged majesty of the atmosphere of the outback. If ever there were a frozen moment in history, a moment when nature and man were in a friendly confrontation without the noise of the future, the city, then this is what Paul Freeman has captured. OUTBACK CURRAWONG CREEK is a tribute to masculinity - raw, rough, working, playing, dreaming, enjoying life fully - and it packs a mighty visual wallop! Grady Harp, October 09

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outback Currawong Creek by Paul Freeman, February 7, 2010

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Robert C. Marshall "Photography Lover" (Decataur, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outback Currawong Creek (Hardcover)

Paul Freeman's photography is beautiful and full of life and spirit. The sepia tones and the sense of gritty living is evident in the way he captures his models in gesture and grace. Manly and uninhibited in the adventure of the moment. I think this work is brilliant. It emotes life, energy and almost breathes on you as the observer.