Freeman Patterson

Patterson was born at Long Reach, New Brunswick. Together with photographer and friend Colla Swart, he has hosted photographic workshops in Kamieskroon, Northern Cape, South Africa. He lives at Shamper's Bluff, New Brunswick. ==Publications==

Books on photographic techniques and theory by Patterson • Photography for the Joy of It (1977, 2006) • Photography and the Art of Seeing (1979, 2006) • Photography of Natural Things (1982, 2006) • ''ShadowLight: A Photographer's Life''(1996) • Photographing The World Around You(1994) Books of nature photography by Patterson • Namaqualand: Garden of the Gods (1984) • Portraits of Earth (1987) • In a Canadian Garden (1989) • The Last Wilderness: Images of the Canadian Wild (1990) • One Planet, One Man (1994) • The Garden (2003) Books of nature photography with one other • Photo Impressionism and The Subjective Image (2001) – co-authored with Andre Gallant ==Awards and recognition==

• Gold Medal for Photographic Excellence, from the National Film Board of Canada (1967) • Elected member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art (1975) • The Progress Medal, from the Photographic Society of America (1990) • The Strathbutler Award (1997) • The Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association (2001) • Honorary fellowship in the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand (2004) • Member of the Order of New Brunswick (2013) ==References==