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Outback: Brumby

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Synopsis

Paul Freeman's new book looks to be another steamy hot collections of gay male photos shot in the Australian outback. Australian folklore romanticizes the brumby, a feral horse that roams the bushland, as an heroic creature with majestic strength and beauty, along with a wild independence born of freedom from captivity. In Paul Freeman’s new collection of male nude portraits it’s the men who exude these qualities!

In deep-toned, moody monotone and muted earthy colors, he enchants us with an array of strength, beauty and cheeky irreverence.

These men are the real deal, oozing character and personality, mouth-wateringly handsome and captured in Freeman’s inimitable style, in potent and classic moments. By always seeking to present his own truth, a believable reality, he avoids the clichés that many a photographer would present shooting a ‘cowboy’ theme.

“[Freeman’s] work reveals an understanding that the erotic lives within the individual, not the stereotype; that strength lies in embracing one’s vulnerability as much as exercising one’s power; and that the child abides within the man. Playful, candid and sexy, these men epitomize a spirit of outback Australia that fuses fantasy with moments of introspection.” (Alisdair Forster, Director of the Australian Centre for Photography)

“His portraits are full of life and spirit, evident in the way he captures men’s gestures and grace, manly and uninhibited in the adventure of the moment, his work is brilliant, emoting life and energy, it almost breathes on you as the observer.” (Robert C Marshall, reviewer)

“No one surpasses Freeman at capturing the essence of the Australian male - physically powerful, emotionally cryptic, and intrinsically bonded to his mates, these men too are entirely natural - no man-scaped, waxed entities here - and all the more beautiful for it! The diverse range of models captured in full frontal glory is breath-taking one gains a deep understanding of the men in these works of art.” (Andrew Nelson, reviewer)

Freeman is not averse to harnessing (no pun intended) art or photography traditions when they serve his story telling, or are evocative of an emotion greater than the sum of the pictures parts. In this book there are references to universal manly types as he channels, diversely, classical mythology and old Hollywood.

Michelangelo’s David is presented as a studly horse handler, while a series of dreamy black-and-white glamor shots of one of the books subjects are strongly reminiscent of a young Paul Newman or Steve McQueen of the 1950s. By adapting these and other heroic styles Freeman builds into powerful erotic portrayals of manhood, that timeless luster in which he excels. The book is shot largely around horse stables and enclosures, and away from the open spaces that characterized the first two books of the series, as Freeman takes the opportunity to capture intimate solitary moments.

Whether shot in repose, in moody lighting with dark textured backdrops of wrought aged timber and old stables, or cavorting alone in a desolate landscape, the hard work and solitary lives of these men assume epic qualities. The laughter in some of the portraits is all the more poignant and delightful. And Freeman certainly knows how to wrench a heart with a smile with deceptively minimal effort!

This wonderful new collectible is 215 photographs on 186 lavish large format (10½x13x7/8”,27x33x2.3cm) art quality pages.

3 Reasons To buy this book

Paul's Freeman's work is always superb and each new book is an event.
Collectible and seductive, these men are stunning
How many FF miles is it to Australia?

Product Format Information

Book Hardcover: $59.99

Availability: PRE-ORDER:
Available 03/13/2012
UPC: 978098066751
Dimensions: 11 X 13
Photos: Color
ISBN: 0980667518
Catalog #: BH3094632

Publisher : Paul Freeman

Customer Reviews

Even More Visceral, Untamed, and Magnificent than Freeman's Other Books

Grady Harp wrote on 09/23/2010:

Paul Freeman's OUTBACK BRUMBY is for this viewer one of the most earthy and sensuous collections of photographs in the artist's long line of fine monographs. Perhaps much of the overall tenor of the book is defined in the title: as everyone knows, the 'Outback' is 'the vast, remote, arid area of Australia, although the term colloquially can refer to any lands outside the main urban areas. The term "the outback" is generally used to refer to locations that are comparatively more remote than those areas named "the bush".' A 'Brumby' is a feral horse, nearly untamable, and they brumbies populate the Outback. It is this message of the sense of the 'wild' that informs Freeman's photographs in this stunning volume.

The images are in black and white, color and toned format, most occupying the full pages of this very-large scale book. Using natural light and not staging setups allows Freeman to capture the spontaneity these images suggest. These are magnificently developed men in the raw - all with carved, muscular bodies without the posing stigma that too often accompanies photographs of men who know they are enviably endowed. Freeman's men are raw - some in tore pants, some in undershirts, or with hats, many are completely and very comfortably nude. The presence of horses is evident in many of the images - either men are tending to or riding astride or currying or grooming them. The feeling throughout this book of magnificent images is one of joie de vivre, as though these men in the Outback would not trade a moment of this time they enjoy each other or just themselves for all the urban activities far away from them. Freeman seems to have arrived at a level of comfort where the men he focuses through his lens are far more comfortable with nudity, and perhaps that is also part of the freedom of being in the wild. This is another fine volume by Paul Freeman, and he never seems to repeat himself. Highly recommended. Grady Harp

BOOK EVENT OF THE YEAR

LUCIUS STONE wrote on 07/31/2010:

I CAN'T REVIEW THIS BOOK, NOT OUT TILL THE END OF AUGUST.
IF IT IS ANY WEAR LIKE THE FIRST TWO OUTBACK SERIES: OUTBACK AND OUTBACK CURRAWONG CREEK, IT WILL FLY OUT OF THE STORE. PAUL FREEMAN JUST HAS A WAY WITH HIS SUBJECTS AND THE SETTINGS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS. THE MAKE UP A TRILOGY OF THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK FOR THOSE OF US STUCK HERE. JUST THE MEN ALONE ARE HEART STOPPERS.