Rudolf Abraham

Award-winning travel writer and photographer specialising in Central and Eastern Europe.

The wandering image (part 2)

So here we are again – another reverse image search for copyright infringements (often called ‘image theft’) – and another dull, time consuming round of emails to follow these up…. This photo of Montenegro’s Boka Kotorska, taken back in 2006, continues to be used and reused without my permission more than any other that I’ve …

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Curzon Street

G. Heywood Hill Ltd, a bookshop in Curzon Street, Mayfair, London Photo © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.

Here be dragons

Dragon Bridge, Ljubljana, Slovenia This image was taken at the end of August this year, on the way back to Zagreb from a visit to Slovenia’s Postojna Cave (Postojnska jama) – the harsh early afternoon sunlight making it more suited to a black and white conversion, or a little Photoshop trickery, rather than the original …

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Rouge Nez

German naval observation tower at Rouge Nez, on the northwest coast of Jersey – part of the German system of fortifications built on the Channel Islands during the Second World War. Jersey, Channel Islands, UK This is one of three such observation towers built on Jersey (several more were planned), and along with bunkers, gun …

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La Hougue Bie

Entrance to the Neolithic burial chamber at La Hougue Bie, one of the largest and best-preserved passage graves in Europe, in the eastern half of Jersey, Channel Islands. The burial chamber dates from around 4,000 BC, and would also have served as a sacred or ritual site – crouching (almost crawling) to the far end …

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