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Having
worked for many years in the publishing industry selling other travel
writers’ books, Duncan J. D. Smith decided in 2003 to start writing and
illustrating his own. As a full-time freelance travel writer,
photographer, and self-styled ‘Urban Explorer’, he has embarked on a
lifetime’s adventure to uncover and record the hidden corners,
little-known places and unusual objects of Europe’s great capital
cities.
His findings
are being published in a groundbreaking series of
guidebooks – the “Only in…” guides – designed specifically for the
purpose. The first two titles, Only in Vienna and Only in Budapest,
were published simultaneously in English and German in 2005 and 2006
respectively. Only in Prague and Only in Berlin will be published in
Spring 2008, and a further volume on Paris is in preparation. For
further details visit
www.onlyinguides.com.
As
a result of his extensive travels, not only through the cities of Europe
but also Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, the Greek Islands, and Turkey, Duncan regularly
generates original illustrated material for publication both in
magazines and on the Internet. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the
places about which he has written, as well as an extensive library of
pictures available for commercial use. Duncan has also undertaken radio
and television work and given many lectures in the course of promoting
his creative efforts.
Duncan's online celebration of Penguin Books' early 'Travel & Adventure'
series can be found at
www.penguincerisetravel.com.
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Born
in Sheffield, England in 1960 Duncan ran his own private museum from the
age of ten before going on to read Ancient History and Archaeology at
Birmingham University. Together with his father Trevor, Duncan co-wrote
and illustrated four highly successful books on the hidden corners of
Sheffield and Yorkshire, and was the author of a best-selling
topographical book on the county. Still a passionate collector he now
tries to restrict his habit to travel books, whilst also enjoying
gardening, natural history, and music.
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MAGAZINE
ARTICLES
As a result of
Duncan’s extensive travels he has generated numerous illustrated
magazine articles, including:
Malév Hungarian Airlines Magazine
"The Park of Toppled Statues" (2008)
Summit Magazine
“Insider’s Guide Prague” (2007)
Designer Builder Magazine
“Gas Tank Living” (2005)
“Vienna’s Flak Towers” (2005)
Belfor International Journal
“Natural Catastrophes and Global Warming” (2003)
The Dalesman Magazine
“Amazing Mazes” (1992)
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ONLINE ARTICLES
As a result of
Duncan’s extensive travels he has generated numerous illustrated
online articles, including:
www.timothydalton.com
“007 in Vienna” (2004)
www.virtualvienna.net
“Klimt’s Last Villa”(2005)
“The Bones of Antonio Vivaldi”(2005)
“The Forgotten Inventor of the Motor Car” (2006)
home.no.net/site/delpyweb/
“Vienna Before Sunrise” (2005)
www.ethermagazine.at
“The Cemetery of the Nameless Ones” (2006)
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PICTURES
Duncan is an
accomplished freelance photographer currently using a Nikon D40X
digital single-lens reflex. He favours architectural, landscape
and urban subjects and enjoys recording the essence of a place,
being equally happy photographing iconic landmarks as well as
little-known hidden corners. Duncan has taken most of the pictures
used in his many books and articles.
His extensive photo library is available for commercial use and
includes coverage of Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Greece,
Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco. To this list will soon be added Paris.
Duncan’s online photo library is available at:
www.duncanjdsmith.com
PHOTOGRAPHY SELECTION
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BOOKS
In 2003 Duncan embarked on an ambitious five-year project to
discover, photograph, and write about the hidden corners of some
of the great European capital cities. His findings are being
published in a unique series of books called the “Only in…”
guides:
Only in Vienna (Christian
Brandstätter Verlag, 2005)
Only in Budapest (JEL-KÉP Kiadó, 2006)
Only in Prague (Christian
Brandstätter Verlag/Slovart,
2008)
Only in Berlin (Christian
Brandstätter Verlag, 2008)
Only in Paris (to be announced, 2009)
Throughout the 1990s Duncan co-wrote a series of popular
guidebooks to the hidden corners of his home town of Sheffield, as
well as the county of Yorkshire in which the city lies:
South and West Yorkshire Curiosities (Dovecote Press, 1992)
North and East Yorkshire Curiosities (Dovecote Press, 1993)
Sheffield Curiosities (The Ridings Press, 1998)
More Sheffield Curiosities (Hedgerow Publishing, 2000)
He also penned a bestselling topographical book of the county that
has remained in print for more than a decade:
Yorkshire a Portrait in Colour (Dovecote Press, 1995)
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SPECIALITIES
Duncan has specialist knowledge of Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and
Berlin, together with a selection of high quality pictures of
each. To this list will soon be added Paris.
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TO CONTACT ME
Duncan currently divides his time between
England and Mainland Europe. Please contact him by
email.
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BY DUNCAN J D
SMITH -
EXAMPLES OF PUBLISHED WORK
Prague - an
insider's guide:
Still Bohemian After All These Years
Straddling the banks of the Baltic-bound Vltava, Prague is
compact, storied, and achingly beautiful. Despite dropping its
guard to the perils of mass market tourism in the wake of 1989’s
Velvet Revolution, it is still surprisingly easy to escape the
year-round crowds and discover the city off the beaten track.
Read full article
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Vienna’s
Flak Towers:
Historical Memory and Adaptive Re-use
There stands in Vienna a stark, immutable reminder of the
years of the Third Reich: six huge surviving reinforced-concrete
anti-aircraft towers whose blank facades and imposing mass
contrast sharply with the city’s finely-restored historical
architecture.
Read full article
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Only in Prague,
by
Duncan J D Smith
Only in Berlin,
by
Duncan J D Smith
Only in Budapest,
by
Duncan J D Smith
Only in Vienna,
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Duncan J D Smith
Yorkshire - portrait in
colour,
by Duncan J D Smith
Fes, Morocco
Budapest
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