JON FREEMAN
25a Chalcot Road, London, NW1 8LN
T: 0203 204 2008
M: 07841 849125 E: jonfreemantv@gmail.com DOB: 16 March 1967
Profile
Skilled photojournalist with 20 years experience in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Assignments undertaken in over twenty-five countries.
Now living in central London following a period of residency in Los Angeles, 1990 - 2005.
Published assignments in numerous media titles including The Sunday Times, New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, The Sunday Telegraph, Time, Mail on Sunday, The Independent, The Guardian and Paris Match to name a few.
Hollywood portrait commissions include George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall and Sylvester Stallone, amongst others.
Proven experience of traveling, working and maintaining photographic equipment in harsh, and hostile environments such as civil war zones, high altitudes, desert heat, Arctic temperatures and extreme water depths.
Testimonials in advance of references
“Jon’s talent is in finding that unexpected shot, the one that you can still vividly remember long after the moment itself has passed. As Head of PR at AOL I relied on his skills and flexibility enormously and would recommend him as a first class photographer to anyone.” Cass Stainton, Head of PR, AOL
“Working with Jon over 12 years or so, I have come to regard him as a first-class photojournalist. Jon is hard working, he's full of ideas, he develops a thorough knowledge
of the story - and he always makes astonishingly good pictures. He's also a good colleague and a first-class traveling companion.”
Ian Cobain, Senior Reporter, The Guardian
Snapshot of assignment experience
Los Angeles riots, 1992
Multiple diving expeditions to the wreck of ‘The Titanic’ from a Russian research vessel. The wreck lies at a water depth of 12,500ft in the North Atlantic
Covering first expedition to make manned dives of ‘The Bismarck’, the German battle ship sunk in 1941, reaching depths of 15,000ft in a deep diving submersible
US Presidential elections in 2001 and 2004
President Clinton’s impeachment, 1998
Effects of climate change on polar bears in the Canadian Arctic
NASA’s Mars simulation in the Canadian Arctic
NASA’s zero training jet aircraft, known as the ‘Vomit Comet’
Last published picture of General Galtieri before his death in 2003, Galtieri lead the invasion of The Falklands in 1982
Far right extremists and neo Nazi groups in the United States
British citizens on Death Row awaiting execution
Expedition to the Argentine ‘Andes’ to recover body parts and cover the crash investigation into a British plane which disappeared fifty years ago while flying from Argentina to Chile. Wreckage found at high altitude, 18,000ft above sea level across glacial terrain
Expedition to the Argentine Andes with survivors of the plane crash immortalised in the film ‘Alive’, in honour of the twentieth anniversary of the accident
Personal research projects developed into published articles
British children of African immigrants sent to ‘The Democratic Republic of Congo’ to be exorcised and then abandoned to a life on the streets after having been accused of witchcraft. Experience of covert, under cover shooting in a civil war zone
Whereabouts of Nazi Propaganda Minister, Paul Joseph Goebbels’ right-hand man, found to be living in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Affiliations
Member of BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union)
Guild of Television Cameramen (assoc.)
Related skills - image acquisition
Trained in the use of professional broadcast cameras for ENG (electronic newsgathering) including Sony DSR and HDCam series. Some experience with Panasonic P2 system
Other skills
Full UK driving licence with no penalty points
Microsoft & Apple software applications including Photoshop.
Transmission of images via satellite telephone systems in remote locations
Hostile Environments training course completed November 2008-11-05
Current US “I” Visa
Languages
Basic Spanish
References
References available on request