Biography
“Jeff Friesen’s photography makes us fall in love with the medium again and again. Friesen’s series are so full of movement, clarity, joy, and the excitement of just being that the viewer feels compelled to look around with a sharper eye.”
-Sabine Modder, Editor, Art Moco
Jeff Friesen is an international award-winning photographer. He has received recognition for his work from institutions such as American Photo, Communication Arts, Applied Arts, Banff Centre for the Arts, Artropolis, and Photography Unlimited (Japan). In 2009 Friesen received eight honorable mentions in the International Photography Awards, making his work among the most repeatedly honored of over 23,000 entries in the contest.
Friesen's first long-term project, Seeing Water, has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, and Japan. The series was selected for a solo show at the British Columbia Festival of the Arts in Vancouver.
Magazines that have published his photography include Popular Photography, Photo Life, American Photo, PhotoEd, Canadian Geographic, and National Geographic Adventure. He is also a contract photographer with both of Canada's leading garden magazines, Gardening Life and Canadian Gardening.
Awards
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Beyond Here series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Granite Barrens series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Granite Barrens II series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Mythic Beach series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Seeing Water series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Turning Leaves series.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Shoreline Tulips single image.
2009 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention for Beech Tree, Winter Night single image.
2008 Applied Arts Award of Excellence for Turning Leaves series.
2006 Banff Centre for the Arts Photography Contest winner for Carmanah Creek single image.
2005 Applied Arts Award of Excellence for Seeing Water series.
2004 Absolute Photography Competition winner for Northern Lake, single image.
2003 Communication Arts Award of Excellence for Seeing Water.
2003 Best Photo of the Year, 2nd place, Photography Unlimited, for Waves Over Stones single image.
2003 Juried exhibition winner at Artropolis, Vancouver, for Presence series.
2003 Banff Centre for the Arts Photography Contest winner for Goldstream River Autumn single image
2002 American Photo Photography Contest winner, landscape category, for Waves Over Stones single image.
2002 Juried solo show winner, British Columbia Festival of the Arts, for Seeing Water series.
2001 Juried group show, British Columbia Festival of the Arts, for Tide Pool and Northern Lake images.
2000 American Photo Photography Contest winner, landscape category, for Tide Pool single image.
2000 American Photo Photography Contest winner, photojournalism category, for Backyard Cow single image.
Publications
American Photo
Popular Photography
Photo Life
PhotoEd
Communication Arts
Applied Arts
Canadian Geographic
National Geographic Adventure
Canoe & Kayak
Paddler
Pacific Yachting
Beautiful British Columbia
Americas
Gardening Life
Canadian Gardening
Spa
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Montreal Gazette
Vancouver Sun
Exhibitions
2008 Applied Arts Award Winners Exhibit, Toronto, ON
2007 Granite Barrens, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
2006 Mountain Photography, Banff Centre, toured North America and Europe
2005 Shine, WCD Studio Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
2005 Hidden Passages, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, MA
2004 Seeing Water, CWC Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Seeing Water, Gardner Colby Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2003 Mountain Photography, Banff Centre, toured North America and Europe
2003 Presence, Artropolis, Vancouver
2003 Harvest of Light, Adelaide McDermot Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2003 A Moment in Season, EC4 Gallery, Victoria, BC
2002 Face of the Waters , British Columbia Festival of the Arts, Vancouver, BC
2001 ArtWORK, British Columbia Festival of the Arts, Fort St. John, BC
2000 Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC
2000 New Works, S.A.R.C. Gallery, Victoria, BC
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