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Biography
Based in London, Mike Abrahams has worked as a freelance photographer for over 30 years having become renowned for his sensitive eye in documenting the lives of ordinary people often in extraordinary situations. In 1981 he was a cofounder of Network Photographers the Internationally renowned picture agency and his work has taken him around the world. His photographs have been published in all the major international news media. His ability to work in difficult situations has made him a highly sought after photographer working in the corporate market.
His work on Faith - A Journey with Those Who Believe, published in 2000, was the culmination of five years work, documenting the extremes and passion of Christian devotion throughout fourteen countries. Awards for this work included the World Press Photo Award in 2000, and the book Faith designed by Browns, was a finalist in the Design Week - Editorial Design: Books. It has been widely exhibited throughout the UK and Europe.
Colin Jacobson, picture editor of The Independent Magazine, described his body of work from the conflict in Northern Ireland and published in the book Still War, in 1989 as "Documentary photography at its best - imaginative, comprehensive, confident and concerned". His coverage of the troubles in Northern Ireland was the subjects of a Television documentary "Moving Stills".
Other important assignments have included coverage of the division of Cyprus, the Intifada in the Occupied Territories, the Berlin Wall, the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, the rise in the influence of the religious in Israeli politics, the Cult of Assad in Syria, The Jews of Damascus and Bradford's Muslims.
His current landscape work has been exploring the relationship between structures and their environment.
As a photojournalist he has worked on assignment for amongst others
The Independent Magazine
Independent Sunday Review
The Observer magazine
The Sunday Times Magazine
The Times
The Telegraph Magazine
The Telegraph
Time Magazine
Fortune
Forbes
Stern
Der Spiegel
L”Express
Grande Reportage
As a corporate photographer he has shot annual reports for amongst others
ABF
BAT
BBC
BG
Cape
Centrica
City and Guilds
Friends Provident
House of Fraser
ICI
Interbrew
JKX
Keller
Kiln
Kidde
Marks and Spencer
National Grid
Natwest
Peter Hambro Mining
Philipps
Prebon
Premier Oil
Richemont
Riotinto
SAB Miller
Sage
Selfridges
Shell
T&N
Total
TullowOil
Unilever
Whitbread
Advertising clients include
Hugo Boss
Fuji Film
Zonegram
Books
2000 Faith - A Journey With Those Who Believe (Network Photographers)
1989 Still War - Photographs From The North of Ireland (Bellew)
1977 The Alienated - Growing Old Today (Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative)
Selected Exhibitions,
2007 Structure and Form. Gallery K, London
2004 English Eyes. Leica Gallery New York
2002 Beyond The Facade - 21 Years of Photojournalism from Network Photographers. The Newsroom London
2000 Faith. Visa pour l'image Perpignan, Hereford Photography Festival, The AOP Gallery London, Galeria Ulica Warsaw,
2000 World Press Photo. Worldwide touring exhibition
1999 Revealing Views - Images from Ireland. Royal Festival Hall London, Royal Photographic Society Bath
1998 NHS at 50. Touring exhibition at 15 hospitals throughout Britain
1993 Positive Lives - Responses to HIV. The Photographers Gallery London. Then touring world wide to the present day
1992 ICI Photography Awards. National Museum o f Film and Photography Bradford
1991 Frames of Mind - Ten Years of Network. Open Eye Gallery Liverpool
1990 The Year of Revolutions - Network in Eastern Europe. Zelda Cheatle Gallery London, National Museum of Film and Photography Bradford
1977 The Alienated. The Half Moon Gallery London then touring throughout Britain
Selected Catalogues and Book Entries
2006 Things As They Are (World Press Phopto)
2002 Underexposed (Vision On)
2001 Photographers International (Taipei)
2000 Century (Phaidon)
2000 World Press Photo (Amsterdam)
2000 Black and White Photography (London)
1999 Revealing Views (South Bank Centre London)
1998 NHS at 50 (NHS/Network)
1994 Reportage / CCPM
1993 Positive Lives (Cassells)
1992 ICI Photography Awards (NMPFT Bradford)
© All Images Copyright Mike Abrahams