| Jack JACKSON |
last modified:
November 20, 2007 |
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Membership profile
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Jack JACKSON |
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Professional title
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Author/Photographer/Photojournalist |
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Address |
25 Fenwick Close, Goldsworth Park, WOKING, Surrey GU21 3BY |
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Telephone (day)
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01483 723900 |
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Telephone (evening)
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Fax:
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01483 771048 |
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Mobile
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E-mail
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jack.jackson@dsl.pipex.com or jack@jackjackson.co.uk |
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Website 1
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www.jackjackson.co.uk |
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Website 2
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Biography |
Travelling the remoter areas of the world since 1967, driving various four-wheel drive vehicles, I have made 23 expeditions in the Sahara Desert, and more than 165 expeditions and journeys in deserts, mountains, rainforests and seas worldwide. I have also travelled on foot, camel, mule and in Greenland by dog sledge. An award-winning writer and photographer, I have written 18 books on off-road 4-wheel drive, trekking and diving and produce articles and photography for a wide variety of web sites magazines, newspapers and their weekend magazine supplements worldwide and as Advertisements and brochures. Nikon Cameras (UK) staged an exhibition of my underwater photography in 1989. |
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Main professional activities |
Proprietor of JJ Travel & Photography and its picture library. Books, articles and commissioned and stock photography for a wide variety of web sites and magazines specializing in travel, Third World peoples, expedition terrain, four-wheel drive vehicles, the underwater world, expedition and travel photography and underwater photography, particularly of sharks. My work is published regularly in other books, magazines, newspapers and their weekend magazine supplements and museums worldwide and as Advertisements, Advertising Hoardings, CD-ROMs, Calendars, Postcards, Cereal Packets and inserts, Posters and Postage Stamps. I produce advertising photography and articles for government tourist boards, advertising agencies, equipment manufacturers and charter operators. Occasional contributor to all three UK diving magazines, diving and adventure magazines in Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, Wanderlust Magazine, social magazines and newspapers. Contributing editor to ScubaGlobe magazine in Thailand, which covers all of South Asia. Professional lecturing at major travel, photographic and diving shows worldwide. |
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Memberships |
I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. A Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serve on their Documentary and Visual Journalism Photography and Travel Photography Distinction Panels. A member of the Outdoor Writers and photographers Guild, Travelwriters UK, the Alpine Club, the Climbers’ Club and the Scientific Exploration Society. |
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Awards |
Numerous photographic awards and two book awards: 'The Dive Sites of The Philippines' won The KALAKBAY AWARD for the Top Foreign Travel Publication Of The Year 1996 and 'Top Dive Sites of The World' won The DIVER MAGAZINE AWARD for the Top Publication (Book, CD-ROM or Video) of 1997. |
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Most recent publications |
Contributing editor of 'Top Wreck Dives of the World', New Holland 2007. General editor and consultant of 'Diving with Giants', (New Holland 2006), TREKKING ATLAS OF THE WORLD - AN ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE TO THE BEST TREKS (New Holland 2006) and 'DIVING THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS',(New Holland 2005). Author of 'COMPLETE DIVING MANUAL', (New Holland 2005). Consultant for The Photography Handbook, (New Holland 2003).
General editor and consultant of The World’s Great ADVENTURE TREKS, (New Holland 2003).
Main contributor, general editor and consultant for Dive Atlas of the World, (New Holland 2003).
Various articles in Dive Magazine, Diver Magazine, Sport Diver Magazine, ScubaGlobe Magazine and the Climbers’ Club Journal.
Photographs worldwide including some in the National Geographic Adventure Atlas of Africa.
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Other important publications |
The Asian Highway (Angus & Robertson, 1979).
The Four-Wheel Drive Book, (Gentry Books, 1982), this book is now fully rewritten in its sixth printing and fourth edition entitled The Off-Road 4-Wheel Drive Book (Haynes, 2000/3).
The Dive Sites of Malaysia and Singapore, (New Holland, 1995), updated as Globetrotter Dive Guide Malaysia and Singapore in 2000, 2002 and 2005.
The Dive Sites of the Philippines (New Holland, 1995), updated as Globetrotter Dive Guide the Philippines in 2000 and 2006.
The Dive Sites of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao (New Holland, 2000), updated 2001, 2002 and 2007.
Scuba Diving: the essential guide to equipment and techniques (New Holland, 2000).
International Diving Locations, a CD-ROM (UGA Media, 1996).
Consultant and main contributor for Top Dive Sites of The World (New Holland, 1997 and updated 2003).
Ghost Writer of Malaysia Beneath The Waves (M.P. Wong/Odyssey, 1997).
Consultant for The Underwater Photography Handbook (New Holland, 1998).
Consultant and main contributor for Top Dive Sites of the Indian Ocean (New Holland, 1999).
Consultant and main contributor for Diving with Sharks and other Adventure Dives (New Holland, 2000).
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Land and underwater photography
Diving
Trekking
Mountaineering
Off-road 4-wheel drive
Deserts
Tribal people
Disappearing world
Yemen, Philippines, Malaysia, Dutch Antilles and Sudan.
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Other relevant information |
Geographic expertise:
South Asia, North Africa, Southern Arabia, pre-war Afghanistan and pre-revolution Iran
Countries covered in reasonable detail:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Aruba, Bonaire, Borneo, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Curaçao, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Ladakh, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan and The Yemen.
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