| Rudolf Abraham |
last modified:
November 15, 2009 |
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Membership profile
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Rudolf Abraham |
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Professional title
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Travel writer and photographer |
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Address |
310 Markhouse Road
Walthamstow
London
E17 8EF
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Telephone (day)
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(+44) 07789 936507 |
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Telephone (evening)
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(+44) 020 8558 7809 |
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Fax:
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Mobile
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(+44) 07789 936507 |
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E-mail
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rudolfabraham@hotmail.com |
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Website 1
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www.rudolfabraham.co.uk |
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Website 2
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www.photographersdirect.com/rudolfabraham |
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Biography |
Rudolf Abraham is an award-winning writer and photographer who has travelled extensively in the Balkans, eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia and Patagonia. During these travels he has walked and climbed in the Karakoram, the Tien Shan, Ladakh, New Zealand's Southern Alps, the southern Andes, and the mountains of Iran and eastern Turkey. He lived in Croatia from 1999 to 2001, and has made numerous trips into the mountains of Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro.
Rudolf studied fine arts, majoring in photography, and completed a degree in art history. Later, he completed an MA in Islamic art and archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
He is the author of two guidebooks published by Cicerone Press, Walking in Croatia (2004) and The Mountains of Montenegro (2007, winner 'best guidebook' in Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards 2008), and is currently working on guides to the mountains of eastern Turkey and Patagonian Chile. Other recent commissions have included contributing to DK Eyewitness' The Road Less Travelled and updating the Bradt guide to Croatia. He is a regular contributor to hidden europe, and also writes for BBC Countryfile, Canvas and Wanderlust. He also writes on Islamic art and architecture. |
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Main professional activities |
Stock libraries: own web site, Alamy, Photographers Direct
Regular contributor: Hidden Europe, BBC Countryfile, Wanderlust, Canvas
Editorial: Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, academic journals
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Memberships |
WPu
Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
British Guild of Travel Writers
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Awards |
2009 - Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence (Best Outdoor Feature: Velebit - A Mountain in Croatia)
2008 - Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence (Best Guidebook: The Mountains of Montenegro) |
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Most recent publications |
Author/photographer:
The Mountains of Montenegro (Cicerone Press, 2007)
Walking in Croatia (Cicerone Press, 2004)
Contributing author/photographer:
Croatia. The Bradt Travel Guide (4th ed, Bradt, 2010)
(updates)
The Road Less Travelled (DK Eyewitness, 2009)
(contributing author)
The Arts of Islam: Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collection (exhibition catalogues, IMA Paris 2009, Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi 2008, AGNSW Sydney 2007) (contributing author, editing)
Art & Culture de l'Islam (Solar, 2006)
(text contributions and research, photographs as credited)
The Timeline History of Islamic Art and Architecture (Worth Press, 2005)
(text contributions and research, photographs as credited)
Worcester - A History and Celebration (Ottakar's, 2004)
(photographs as credited)
Arminius Vambery, Travels in Central Asia (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2003)
(introduction)
Robert Curzon, Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey and Persia (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2003)
(introduction)
C.E. Yate, Northern Afghanistan (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2003)
(introduction)
Recent articles:
'Northumberland's winter wildlife' (BBC Countryfile, January 2010)
'Mt Caburn to Firle Beacon' (BBC Countryfile, January 2010)
'Travel Icon: Torres del Paine' (Wanderlust, November 2009)
'Waltham Abbey and the River Lea' (BBC Countryfile, December 2009)
'10 City Breaks for Winter - Zagreb' (CNN Traveller, November/December 2009)
'The Long Man of Wilmington' (BBC Countryfile, October 2009)
'Zagreb's Literary Ghosts' (hidden europe, September 2009)
'Portfolio' (Outdoor Focus, Summer 2009)
'Montenegro - Durmitor and Boka Kotorska' (Wanderlust, June 2009)
'Adventures in Patagonia' (Silversea Cruises, June 2009)
'Jovici. A Hundred Years of Change in Ravni Kotari' (hidden europe, May 2009)
'Angouleme - murs peints' (hidden europe, January 2009)
'The Land of the Living Past. Edith Durham in Prokletije' (hidden europe, September 2008)
'Velebit, A Mountain in Croatia' (hidden europe, September 2008)
'Montenegro: Accursed Mountains, Enchanted Mountains' (hidden europe, May 2008)
'Pictorial Chronicles' (Canvas, September 2008)
'Carpets and Textiles from the Khalili Collection' (Canvas, July 2008)
'Islamic Art in the Nineteenth Century' (Canvas, September 2007)
In preparation:
Torres del Paine. A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone, 2010)
Walking in Croatia (2nd edition; Cicerone, 2010)
Trekking in Eastern Turkey (Cicerone, not yet published)
Monuments and Memorials. Carvings and Tilework from the Islamic World (Nour Foundation, not yet published)
Writing for web:
'Country pubs' (BBC Countryfile, September 2009)
Santiago City Guide (World Travel Guide, October 2009) |
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Other important publications |
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Areas of particular interest or expertise |
Walking, trekking, hiking, climbing, mountaineering, adventure travel
History, art and architecture (in particular Islamic), archaeology, environment & conservation, food and wine, world music
Southeast Europe/the Balkans (in particular Croatia and Montenegro)
Turkey (in particular eastern Turkey)
Middle East (especially Iran)
Caucasus and Central Asia
Himalaya, Karakoram, Ladakh
Patagonia
Spain
Australia and New Zealand
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Other relevant information |
Languages: Croatian and Serbian, French, some Italian, serviceable Turkish and Persian |
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