Orrin Freeman

Orrin Erastus Freeman (1830–1866) was an American professional photographer in China and Japan. Freeman worked in the ambrotype process.

For a short time, Freeman opened a photography studio in Shanghai in 1859 before leaving China for Japan.[1]

Freeman established a studio in Yokohama in 1860.[2] He is considered to have been the first Western professional photographer to establish a permanent residence in Japan.[3]

He taught the elements of photography to Ukai Gyokusen who established the first photographer studio in Edo (Eishin-dō) in 1861.[1] Gyokusen's camera, equipment and supplies were purchased from Freeman.

His death in 1866 was sudden. He is buried in Yokohama Foreigner's Cemetery (Gaijin Bochi).[1]

Notes
  1. Hannavy, John. (2007). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, Vol. 1, p. 554., p. 554, at Google Books
  2. Bennett, Terry. "American Ambrotypist," Old Japan, citing Rogers, G. W. "Early Recollections of Yokohama," Japan Weekly Mail. December 5, 1903.
  3. Hannavy, p. 770., p. 770, at Google Books

References
  • Bennett, Terry. (2006). Photography in Japan, 1853-1912. Boston: Tuttle. ISBN 9780804836333; OCLC 476329765
  • Hannavy, John. (2007). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415972352; OCLC 137221556



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