Second progression following my mandalas, these are composed of photographs of organic components. 

Similar to creating mandalas, making these is a contemplative, meditative experience for me. It is an enormously complex and detailed process that requires total concentration. Other pictures I can work on during the day with music blaring; these I work on late at night in complete silence. They are a source of endless exploration and discovery for me; I hope they can be the same for you.

Prints are made on heavy watercolor paper, signed and numbered front and back. All mandalas are available in limited editions in other sizes, both larger and smaller; please inquire.

Digital Abstracts Circles

The Mandala Series

Orchids

Underwater is one of the most demanding, yet rewarding environments for fine art figure photography.

Underwater

These photographs of surfers on the north coast of Oahu have been digitally enhanced. One surfer, seeing them, said “That may not be the way surfing looks in real life, but that’s the way it feels.” 

Surfing

Western Realty Small

Desert Realty Small

This picture is part of my new series called “Western Realty.” I’ve driven tens of thousands of miles on back roads all over the western United States, seeking out structures and signage that struck me as uniquely whimsical or beautiful. Afterward, I spent hundreds of hours refining my original photographs to produce the finished images you see here.

Western Realty Edition of 9

Ed Freeman's award-winning series, "Desert Realty," has been the subject of a widely reviewed book, numerous magazine articles and a dozen museum shows across the country.

The large format, saturated color prints are an uncanny amalgam of straight photography and seamless computer manipulation. Pictures of mostly abandoned and decaying buildings in the California desert have been scrupulously retouched and enhanced, their backgrounds stripped out and replaced with flawless surroundings and perfectly matching skies. The resultant, hyperreal images tread a fine line between believability and fantasy, between unflinching documentary and surreal perfection.

Desert Realty Edition of 9 Large Format

This is a collection of images I've captured in my travels.

Travel

These abstracts consist of several composites. Some are created from photographs while other are digital creations. 

Abstracts

Urban Realty, the follow-up to Ed Freeman's widely seen Desert Realty series, is a sometimes critical, sometimes sympathetic, always appreciative look at our very unnatural urban environment, seen through the eyes of photography and the intensifying power of computer manipulation.

Desert Realty has been showcased in a book published by Chronicle Books, in museums and galleries across the country and in dozens of print magazines and on-line blogs. Urban Realty, its successor, is starting down the same path, with major gallery and one-man museum shows already under its belt. These iconic images hover in the undefined space between realistic photography and fanciful digital art.

Urban Realty

These images are from my Abstract by Nature series. I seek out and photograph very simple natural shapes - in this case, a desert cactus - and combine multiple images to create organic and evocative shapes and colors. I'm trying to achieve a balance between traditional photography and computer enhancement; this series comes as close to an ideal balance as any I’ve done before.

Prints in this size are in limited editions of fifteen, signed, numbered and dated, and come with a certificate of authenticity. 
