THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING THE LEGO WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS ARRIVES ON AUGUST 4!
JEFF FRIESEN IS AN AWARD-WINNING LEGO ARTIST AND AUTHOR OF SEVEN BOOKS.
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“Innovative and Just Beautiful to look at”
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“A MASTERCLASS IN MICROSCALE”
“This may just be the most beautiful LEGO book ever published”
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All the builds are photographs of 100% real LEGO bricks.
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About Jeff Friesen
Jeff Friesen is an award-winning LEGO artist and professional photographer. He is the author of seven acclaimed LEGO books, including LEGO Micro Cities, The LEGO Castle Book, LEGO Space Projects, and The LEGO Engineer, which has been translated into multiple languages and featured in the Smithsonian gift guide. He is featured in LEGO Heroes, an official LEGO publication. But that's just a resume. There's more to the story.
Jeff's LEGO journey began in the days when LEGO was mostly blocky and came in fewer colors than the rainbow. No bother—a 2×4 brick was the seed of worlds that even Ozymandias would envy. In time childhood fell away, and Jeff wandered through the dark ages as a professional photographer and writer. Truth be told, it wasn't all bad. He collected some accolades, but there was always a missing piece. Then light arrived in the form of a daughter, who brought Jeff back to the bricks. Teaching her photography one day (using her own LEGO builds as subjects) he decided to add some of his own creations into the shots. He posted the results with some trepidation. They went viral.
The unexpected moment of internet fame was dizzying. His LEGO interpretations of Banksy's street art caught the attention of Banksy himself, or whoever runs his Instagram account, earning a repost that is sadly no longer there. But there was more to come. Jeff switched to architectural subjects, inspired by world-building from fact and fiction. His builds have earned The Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year award and have been featured on official LEGO social channels, building a dedicated Instagram following of more than 35,000 fans.
As a photographer, Jeff brings the same obsessive attention to detail to his camera work. His photography has earned the Communication Arts Award of Excellence, one of the most prestigious honours in the industry. These days Jeff builds, shoots, writes, and occasionally sleeps. His Sheepadoodle remains unimpressed by all of it.