After a 25-year career in the music industry, during which he produced Don McLean's American Pie, Ed Freeman returned to his original love of photography. While driving around southern Californian deserts to photograph landscapes, he was struck by the beauty of the desolate buildings he passed on the way. "I wanted to appreciate these old, falling-apart buildings that no one pays any attention to. So I photographed them as if they were the most important thing on Earth," he says. "I really love the desert: it's a place of independence and freedom, and during the winter the weather is beautiful. It's incredibly peaceful and quiet: you can drive a hundred miles and not see a single person"