By Daily Press staff
An exhibit of award-winning photographer Ed Freeman’s large-format, digitally altered nudes in surreal landscapes will be shown Nov. 8 through Dec. 12 at the Santa Monica College Photography Gallery.
The exhibit, “Ed Freeman: Natural Formations,” is a unique collection of 29 mostly black-and-white images, all 30 inches tall, that the photographer describes as “edgy pictures that no gallery, at least so far, has been willing to touch.”
An opening reception is scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at the SMC Photography Gallery, located on the second floor of Drescher Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd.
“These are the pictures that are nearest and dearest to me,” Freeman said. “I’ve been working on this series for close to 10 years, and now, finally, they’re going to see the light of day.”
Freeman has exhibited widely in the U.S. and Europe, and has hundreds of publications to his credit. His book “Desert Realty,” featuring computer-enhanced images of buildings in the Southern California desert, was released this year, and a book of erotic nudes, “Work,” was published in Germany in 2000.
Freeman comes from a music background, as a performer, studio guitarist, arranger and composer. In 1971, he produced Don McLean’s “American Pie” and went on to arrange and produce more than two dozen pop and jazz albums in the early 1970s.
Moving to California in 1977, he gravitated towards film scoring, computer music, consulting and teaching, but in 1989 turned to photography — commercially and artistically.
Currently, he does commercial work, shoots stock for Getty Images, has a career as a fine art photographer and teaches Photoshop at SMC.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to noon; 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. The gallery will be closed Nov. 11 for the Veterans Day holiday and from Nov. 27-30 for Thanksgiving.
For information, call (310) 434-4289.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 31, 2003. Read the original PDF.