Photographing the "endless diversity" of America by streetlight

Over the past decade, Freeman has made frequent trips to the US to take night-time shots to capture the "charm" of small American towns, culminating in his new photobook Midnight on Main.

He estimates that he has spent a total of between eight and 12 months on the road in his pursuit of atmospheric urban night scenes.

"The night offers a calm, uninterrupted contemplation of these places, a slowing of time that cannot be found during the busyness of the daylight hours," he explains.

"I am also struck by the eerie relevance the empty streets have in the context of the current pandemic.

"Under lockdown, the scenes take on a slightly different meaning - a reminder of the previous ease and freedom of travel, and a speculative future record of how things looked when lockdown hit and people stayed [at] home."