Michael Freeman

One of the world's most widely published photographers, Michael Freeman has had a forty-year career as a documentary, travel and studio still life photographer, including a three-decade relationship with Smithsonian magazine, for whom he has shot more than forty stories, as well as being printed in almost all major publications worldwide. He has published 155 books - including the best-selling The Photographer's Eye for Ilex Press - with four million copies sold. Of his published books, 78 are on the practice of photography, published in 28 languages. He wrote the degree course on photography for the UK's Open College of Arts, and has won several awards for his educational work. He regularly conducts workshops and has spoken at a wide range of institutions, including the Royal Geographical Society, the Smithsonian, Asia House, the Hay Literary Festival, Emirates Literary Festival, Beijing University, the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Film Academy and Tsinghua University.