Jeremy Curl
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Jeremy Robert Patrick Curl, FRGS (born 13 March 1982) is an Anglo-Irish explorer, writer, filmmaker and photographer.
to English and Irish parents and educated at Charterhouse
in Surrey, England where he won an art scholarship and subsequently the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and Lund University
, Sweden, where he read History.
Curl worked briefly at the British Museum, London, in the Ancient Egyptology department alongside renown Egyptologist Vivien Davies where he learnt to read Egyptian hieroglyphs
and awakened his love for ancient and enigmatic cultures. He has travelled widely in Africa and Asia and has worked with statesmen and artists alike, from being photographer to Cuban laureate Pablo Armando Fernández
to filmmaker to the President of Latvia. While in Cuba he interviewed the Castro
family about Cuba's political future. Curl has exhibited his expedition photographs widely, including alongside Nelson Mandela
in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
and Kel Ifoghas, witnessing their threatened lifestyle first hand. While in the Sahara he crossed the 1200 miles on foot and by camel from the Hoggar mountains in Algeria to Timbuktu in Mali, reaching the city in only 50 days. He has published articles about his findings and experiences and written a basic dictionary of Tamasheq, the language of the Touareg. He was nominated for a Rolex Award for Exploration and Discovery in 2009.
, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, a Leninist post-Soviet frozen conflict zone between the Ukraine and Moldova. A socialist state that borrows from the Soviet model, Transnistria is a police state of 400,000 inhabitants. Although unrecognised as a sovereign nation by any UN country, Transnistria produces its own passports, currency and stamps and runs its own police force and army. Curl returned having photographed scenes previously unseen outside the republic.
Biography
Curl was born in TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
to English and Irish parents and educated at Charterhouse
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
in Surrey, England where he won an art scholarship and subsequently the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
, Sweden, where he read History.
Curl worked briefly at the British Museum, London, in the Ancient Egyptology department alongside renown Egyptologist Vivien Davies where he learnt to read Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood...
and awakened his love for ancient and enigmatic cultures. He has travelled widely in Africa and Asia and has worked with statesmen and artists alike, from being photographer to Cuban laureate Pablo Armando Fernández
Pablo Armando Fernández
Pablo Armando Fernández is a Cuban writer. He has published book of poems, novel, theatre and essay.He spent time in artistic and literary circles in the U.S. between 1945 and 1959, year of the Cuban Revolution...
to filmmaker to the President of Latvia. While in Cuba he interviewed the Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
family about Cuba's political future. Curl has exhibited his expedition photographs widely, including alongside Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Saharan Exploration
In 2008 he became the first non-African to cross the Tanezrouft area of the Sahara without motorized transport and the youngest to traverse the Sahara by camel. During his time in the desert he lived with the Touareg nomads, travelling with the tribes of the Kel AhaggarKel Ahaggar
Kel Ahaggar is a Tuareg confederation in the Ahaggar Mountains in Algeria. The confederation is believed to have been founded by Tin Hinan, with the "official" founding being around 1750...
and Kel Ifoghas, witnessing their threatened lifestyle first hand. While in the Sahara he crossed the 1200 miles on foot and by camel from the Hoggar mountains in Algeria to Timbuktu in Mali, reaching the city in only 50 days. He has published articles about his findings and experiences and written a basic dictionary of Tamasheq, the language of the Touareg. He was nominated for a Rolex Award for Exploration and Discovery in 2009.
Transnistria
In 2009 Curl spent time in TransnistriaTransnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, a Leninist post-Soviet frozen conflict zone between the Ukraine and Moldova. A socialist state that borrows from the Soviet model, Transnistria is a police state of 400,000 inhabitants. Although unrecognised as a sovereign nation by any UN country, Transnistria produces its own passports, currency and stamps and runs its own police force and army. Curl returned having photographed scenes previously unseen outside the republic.