Background
Bernard Lawrence Freemesser was born on November 15, 1926 in Rochester, New York, United States.
Bernard Lawrence Freemesser was born on November 15, 1926 in Rochester, New York, United States.
Bernard Lawrence Freemesser received a Bachelor of Arts in 1950 from San Diego State College and an Master of Science in Photography in 1952 from the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Bernard Lawrence Freemesser was a professor of fine arts at the University of Oregon (1973-1977), where he began teaching full time in 1965. Prior to that he was director of the university's Photographic Bureau (1955) and technical director of Northwest Photographic Illustrators (1953-1955).
Producer of a TV series entitled "The Art of Seeing," which was shown twice weekly over an educational TV station, he also produced films entitled Hey! Follow Me; A University and Its People; John Burton, His Art and His Philosophy and Eugene 66, A Community Environmental Portrait.
President of the Oregon Press Photographers Association, Bernard Lawrence Freemesser was also national chairman of SPE (1968-1970) and a member of its board of directors (1968-1973). He was also a trustee of Friends of Photography (1976-1977).
