About CharlesFred / Charles Roffey

The photos here are a record of my life, the places I go to, the people I meet and see and the experiences I am having. Many times, the photos accompany and illustrate the blog which I maintain - charlesfred.blogspot.com

I am very lucky to be able to travel as often and as widely as I do and it gives me great pleasure to share what I have seen with a wider audience here on Flickr. I tend to concentrate on positive, colourful images, often of people and I like to think of my photos as an antidote to the images often presented of places and people in the mainstream media.

You are especially invited to view the sets of photos taken during the six month journey I made with my partner, Fred, through the Middle East, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa during the latter part of 2005, this being the original reason for setting up the flickr account .

Thanks to everyone who has taken the trouble to browse through my photostream, leave comments or favourited various photos. Much appreciated.

I'm Male.

CharlesFred
Living in Amsterdam, traveling widely

CharlesFred's contacts (81)

CharlesFred's public groups

Smoke, Fumer, K'mi, Rauchen, Fumar... Turkey / Türkiye Muslim Cultures social documentary photographers - pls read the rules Green is Beautiful Old Photos Pink Images of Africa People of the World Gay Travel mother and child Beautiful Guys of the World horse racing Introspective (1 submission a day please) Portraits in Africa Syria Colourful people ( Read the rules ) Creative Child Photography Indígenas / Indigenous people Something differenT (Comment on most interesting pics) Somaliland Dutch People Amsterdam-Oost Travel Portraits (People) Eritrea Christian Cultures	Male Art From Before Moucharabieh Danakil Dankali Eurovision Song Contest Horn of Africa Fishing Industry Photos and Video Moulin Rouge African, Caribbean, and Asian daily life Darwinism Making History Moo drop Faces of our Elders Men of Turkey Hier aan de kust African landscapes BANGKOK...For LOVE Photo Kaleidoscope (award any 2 photos from the pool) English lads Clash City Snappers Guys' candid snapshots Real Istanbul National Hunt Racing Global Backpackers *** Exclusive Men together FlickrAntep Photography is not a crime

A bit more about CharlesFred...

Hometown:	Hargeisa
Interests:	I love horse racing and many many other things
Favorite Books & Authors:	JRR Tolkien, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Richard Dawkins, Jared Diamond, Bertrand Russell, EM Forster, Jung Chang, Armistead Maupin, Jean Genet, Bruce Chatwin, Gore Vidal, Ryszard Kapuscinsky, Graham Hancock, The Bronte Sisters
Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors:	Central do Brasil, Moulin Rouge, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Strictly Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding, Beautiful Thing, Mary Poppins, Richard III, Howards End, Room with a View, Get Real, The Lord of the Rings
Favorite Music & Artists:	Popular and traditional music from around the world, but mainly UK, Africa, Middle East and South East Asia, 2woThird3, Abba, African Head Charge, Alabama 3, Ali Farka Toure, Marc Almond, Ami Koita, Cerrone, Charles Aznavour, Baka Beyond, Bezawork Afew, Billy Bragg, Black, The Charlatans, The Clash, Cockney Rebel, Sam Cook, Daft Punk, East 17, Eurovision (with a definite weakness for Balkan folksy ballads!!!), Juliette Greco, Green Day, KLF, Kristine W, Livin'Joy, Mantronix, Manu Chao, Morcheeba, My Life Story, Primal Scream, Queen, Renato Zero, Sam Fan Thomas, Selecter, Soft Cell, The Specials, Tango, Teddy Afro, Umberto Tozzi, Youssou N'Dour, Wizzard, Yvonne Fair, Chi-lites, Tina Charles, The Beatles, The Move, Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Papa & Cheikh, Rihanna, Shakira, Kaiser Chiefs and Imperial Leisure!

Testimonials

photogenic™ says:
"Wow, I don't even know where to start! More than just aesthetically amazing, Charles' photos are like a powerful political exclamation mark - "Look here! Look at the world! Look what's REALLY going on!" He captures rare beauty that we rarely see on the news and those beautifully sad moments that depict the human spirit against all odds. I am so so so so inspired!
- Hanna"

marbrax says:
"Charles is a really great guy, always interested in others. He's a world traveller - either on his own or together with Fred and makes beautiful photos of his adventures. I often look at his picture sets, because they're really worth looking at. Charles, keep it up!

Charles is een hele fijne vent. Altijd even belangstellend. Hij maakt vele reizen, dit doet hij alleen of samen met Fred, en maakt daar prachtige foto reportages van. Ik bekijk altijd meerdere keren zijn sets, omdat dit de moeite waard is. Charles blijf lekker zo door gaan."

Mitamada says:
"I love Charles' works. He has a talent to pick up the interestingness of such a normal scene, normal event.

There are many flickrs who posted only their beuaitful works but Charles works are different. he seems to post many of photos he got travelling on. so you feel like travelling with him just looking at his photos. And those photos that he post they are all interesting.

I also love his Namibia and Afriacan sets alot. I will definitely need to come back and fav alot of photos later, now that i have no high speed net yet hehe"

romeoergatto says:
"He is an unusual British man, not always conventional and with a peculiar sense of humour. Extraordinarily clever, friendly .... and with a temperament, also handsome......it seems. But his actual strength is in his eyes when scanning something for a shoot. His eyes and his camera. All this together develop a superlative chemical reaction, and the result is "UNBELIEVABLE PHOTOS"
When I look at his pictures I can feel the same emotion, like being there and living the same experience. Excellent colours and compositions, amazing places .... and people, just like being there with him. Thank you Charles, for sharing all this with us."

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