Orrin Freeman, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetOrrin Freeman
American photographer
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1830
Date of Death: 16-Aug-1866
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About 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.Freeman established a studio in Yokohama in 1860.
- He is considered to have been the first Western professional photographer to establish a permanent residence in Japan.He taught the elements of photography to Ukai Gyokusen who established the first photographer studio in Edo (Eishin-do) in 1861.
- 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).
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