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A bit more about soylentgreen23...
| Hometown: |
Leicester, England |
| Occupation: |
TEFL teacher |
| Interests: |
photography,
reading,
travel,
badminton,
writing,
cycling,
football,
browsing the interweb,
i can has cheezburger photos
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| Favorite Books & Authors: |
On Human Bondage (Somerset Maugham),
The Moon and Sixpence (Somerset Maugham),
The Razor's Edge (Somerset Maugham),
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera),
The Tesseract (Alex Garland),
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy),
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy),
The New York Trilogy (Paul Auster),
The Outsider (Albert Camus),
Candide (Voltaire),
Don Quixote (Cervantes),
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas),
Star Maker (Olaf Stapledon),
Samarkand (Amin Maalouf),
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje),
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende),
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway),
The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins),
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller),
Exterminate All Brutes (Sven Lindqvist),
Fiasco (Stanislaw Lem),
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem),
London Fields (Martin Amis),
The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean),
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham),
Animal Farm (George Orwell),
1984 (George Orwell),
The Beach (Alex Garland),
The Takeover (Muriel Spark),
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson),
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne),
Passage to Ararat (Michael J. Arlen),
The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
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| Favorite Movies, Stars & Directors: |
Soylent Green,
Asphalt Jungle,
American Psycho,
Apocalypse Now,
Taxi Driver,
Donnie Darko,
Brick,
Battle Royale,
Predator,
Die Hard,
The Day the Earth Stood Still,
2001,
Lost in Translation,
Barry Lyndon,
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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| Favorite Music & Artists: |
Interpol,
Radiohead,
Muse,
Grandaddy,
Rachmaninov,
Prokofiev,
Ben Folds,
Ben Folds Five,
Plaid,
Erykah Badu,
Arcade Fire,
Soundgarden,
Thom Yorke,
Chris Cornell,
The Cinematic Orchestra,
Air,
Fiona Apple,
Beck,
Boards of Canada,
Nick Drake,
Maynard Ferguson,
Fischerspooner,
The Flaming Lips,
The Smiths,
Morrissey,
Elliott Smith,
Queens of the Stone Age
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Testimonials
Sergio Lubezky says:
"Christopher has a keen eye for photography. There is no doubt about it and after a few seconds browsing throughout his photostream you will find that there is a pattern of perfect composition, interesting subjects and great technical skill in the use of his photographic equipment.
But it does not end there... Chris has a photographic soul.
In his images there are many layers, and mostly all of them will talk to you about love, happiness, life and the combination of all those factors together... in short, the joy of life.
His work is a joy to see, and if this is your first time here, you will probably come back for more. Enjoy it, as I am sure you will."
vanarts says:
"It's a free tour around the world!!! Chris has a very good eye for architectural details, and thus places of interests, through his viewfinder, become more magnificent in different perspectives. Colors and composition are the main focuses in Chis's works, and it's a pleasure wandering about in this photostream!!!"
xamad says:
":) Well, Christopher is one of my favourite new contacts on flickr, he has really a good eye for various type of photos, I'm looking on his photostream and i'm losting on it, so beautiful flowers shots, also so many nature and urban shots.
I really like his works and i'm look forward for new fantastic capture! and yes I also envy his timing, great catch of bird and other, so Christopher, Good Job, you are a great photographer for me!
Sincerely, :)
Gianni"
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