Freeman Patterson
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Freeman Wilford Patterson (b. at Long Reach, New Brunswick September 25, 1937) is a Canadian nature photographer and writer.
Patterson has authored a number of books on photographic techniques, including Photography for the Joy of It (1967), Photography and the Art of Seeing (1979) and Photography of Natural Things (1982).
Patterson has also authored books centered on his nature photography, such as Namaqualand: Garden of the Gods (1984), Portraits of Earth (1987), In a Canadian Garden (1989), The Last Wilderness: Images of the Canadian Wild (1990) and One Planet, One Man (1994). In 2001, Patterson and co-author Andre Gallant, produced Photo Impressionism and The Subjective Image.
In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.