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Rod Monkey's photostream
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about me...well, I like vodka, Elvis P, getting comments & faves from you lovely people, Santiago Calatrava, The Godfather, weekends, Barcelona, The Strokes, sunsets, curry, being Scottish, road trips, Mario Testino, my Mac, San Pedro de Atacama, Bob Carlos Clarke, The Larry Sanders Show, jaffa cakes, Herb Ritts, Achmelvich Beach, life at The Dakota, Venice, late night shenanigans, Elvis C, Martin Luther King, latte, Melbourne, Albert Watson, Rapa Nui, cheesey Bryan Adams songs, The Graduate, Jake Rajs, cocktails, Sideways, Peter Lindbergh, The Barrowlands, gadgets, the Hoover Factory, Wedel, flickr, Franz Ferdinand, Route 66, Dylan, Charlie Waite, jeans, Muji, Lucky Bay, art deco, wikipedia.org, boys on tour, Gordon Ramsay, The Clash, the Photographers' Gallery, Free Cell, Keith Richards guitar, The Godfather II, kittens, Monday night 5-a-sides, Bowie, Ansel Adams, NYC, the Liquid Room, Los Lobos, Ted Baker shirts, watching Rangers, music turned up to 11, straightdope.com, Springsteen, EOS 5D, Warsaw, Nigel Turner, Good Fellas, Annie Leibovitz, getting e-mail, going somewhere new, Baileys, The Velvet Underground, the Edinburgh Fringe...blah blah blah....
I don't post many photos - an exceptionally good month might be 3 or 4 pics if I get really lucky. I'd rather have 250 quality images on show, rather than hundreds of filler pics just for the sake of it. And hey, it saves you trawling through pages of mediocrity and gets you straight to the (hopefully) good stuff right away.
Currently Grooving To :
Anything by Dwight Yoakam
Elvis Costello - Live At The El Mocambo
Nina Simone - Remixed & Re-imagined
The Strokes - Is This It?
In The Lounge With Andy Williams
Prince - The Hits/The B-Sides
Cat Power - The Greatest
Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: The Royal Albert Hall Concert
Nick Lowe - Quiet Please....The Best Of Nick Lowe
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I'm Male and Lost.
Rod Monkey's favorite photos from other Flickr members (1,197)
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Contacts (724)
Groups (50)
- * creative portrait photography * 2,369 photos, 453 members
- Unlimited Woman 59,906 photos, 7,172 members
- INDIGO AWARD 387 photos, 137 members
- World Portrait 2020 59,904 photos, 2,938 members
- Battersea Power Station 3,125 photos, 647 members
- Parent and Child 16,924 photos, 3,076 members
- Mundo Uno - One World, One Future, for the Children 23,118 photos, 5,223 members
- Magnificent Portrait - Post 1 Give 5 2,044 photos, 224 members
- Wedding Photography 185,154 photos, 38,101 members
- Richard's Quality B & W and Sepia ( Admin invite only) 11,029 photos, 899 members
- TLC photography [upload 1 comment 2] 55,072 photos, 3,561 members
- Getty Friends UK 4,154 photos, 115 members
- Classy Portraits 16,985 photos, 2,968 members
- ***ANGEL*** GALLERY ( L2 - Pictures with 7+ Angel Awards) P1/A3 11,161 photos, 2,492 members
- b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l (award 2) New Contest: RED 164,899 photos, 8,541 members
- Canon EOS 5D Series 303,989 photos, 14,959 members
- The Best Shot - Platinum Award (Level 2) 30,771 photos, 4,129 members
- !Pole Star(Post2-Comment5) 48,990 photos, 3,046 members
- A Black Rose - Post 1 - Award 3 97,303 photos, 5,564 members
- Fabulous Planet Evo (Post 1, Award 4) (Sweeper) 96,424 photos, 4,791 members
- Best Of DAMN! I Wish I'd Taken That 22,035 photos, 4,542 members
- **Platinum Hearts Hall of Fame** Photos With 10 Platinum Hearts 26,227 photos, 5,324 members
- Chercher la Femme ♀ 13,916 photos, 1,261 members
- **THE BEST VISIONS** ( Post 01, Award 03 ) 140,190 photos, 7,075 members
- Black&White♥Lovers(Post2-Comment5)*SWEEPER ACTIVE* 18,172 photos, 2,251 members
- Universe of Nature (P.1 / 5 GIVE)[NO People]SWEEPER ACTIVE! 201,533 photos, 18,634 members
- NATURE'S PRIME (post 1 award 4) Contest: Hugs & Kisses-ENTER 196,287 photos, 13,925 members
- *Angel Awards* POST 1 / GIVE 5 ANGELS 161,401 photos, 7,361 members
- THE NATURAL WORLD OF NATURE P1/A4 96,806 photos, 8,245 members
- The Best Shot - Post1/Award5 (Not commenting = Ban) 237,695 photos, 13,407 members
- Andromeda "50," Level 6 ~ (Special Invitation Only) 65,401 photos, 5,264 members
- Sapphire Awards *POST 1 - AWARD 3* *Sweeper Active* 113,100 photos, 7,902 members
- Whiteground 8,763 photos, 1,362 members
- Art is a Woman (post 1- award 2) 70,407 photos, 7,005 members
- THE DARK HORSE AWARD * Post 1 Award 4* NO Nudity 19,262 photos, 1,580 members
- Abstract Art Awards -=Post 1, Award 3=-- 47,614 photos, 6,548 members
- Furry Friday 39,916 photos, 1,935 members
- Creative Child Photography 174,818 photos, 18,092 members
- Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! 655,330 photos, 81,575 members
- Photography- My Passion - post 1 award 2 11,540 photos, 766 members
- **Baby & Child Awards** Post 1 - Awards 3 9,148 photos, 1,063 members
- Shooting Stars Babies and Kids (Post 1, Award 5) we are back !! 1,681 photos, 503 members
- The Light Painters Society 241,827 photos, 12,520 members
- The point of view 8,716 photos, 2,546 members
- Music Photography 245,343 photos, 9,981 members
- Old School Digital 34,706 photos, 2,421 members
- The Best Portraits AOI (Admin Invite) (Post 1-Award & Fave 3) 5,170 photos, 1,670 members
- Portraits du monde * Post 1 , Comment 2 * Sweeper is running 57,006 photos, 4,505 members
- Colors ON BLACK(only by admin-invite)P.1 - C.2 7,872 photos, 1,541 members
- Italy, Best of / L'immagine dell'Italia 125,805 photos, 7,462 members
Galleries (2)
- Beautiful Women Beautifully Photographed 13 photos
- This Is The Modern World 13 photos
Testimonials (8)
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Canon-Girl says:
"Rod's images convey exactly what I believe photography is all about. It allows us to communicate ideas or feelings and gives us a glimpse of other people, societies, cultures and places we never knew existed. But Rod doesn't just photograph remote places, his images of nature, landscape, architecture and people are just outstanding from every single aspect.
I feel that Ansel Adams expressed better than I can what I'd like to say about Rod's images: "We don't make a photograph with just a camera. We bring to the act of photography all the books we have read, the movies we have seen, the music we have heard and the people we have loved." Rod, I am looking forward to many more beautiful, unique creations.
You ARE the best!!!"24th September, 2008
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flightless bird says:
"talent at it's highest, beauty at it's purest and inspiration beyond my verbal ability."
27th May, 2008
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SuperKarmen says:
"I would like to express myself better in your language, so I will write in spanish.
Creo que eres uno de mis fotógrafos preferidos de flickr, cercano y amistoso.. preocupado por sus amigos y fiel a si mismo. Me gustaría conocerte personalmente para poder disfrutar de tus conocimientos en directo, pero mientras tanto me conformaré con observar lo que tu previamente has elegido para fotografiar.
Transmites en cada foto. Y esa es la esencia de un profesional.
Your photos are a dream come true.
Kisses and Hugs from Spain.
Mwah! ;)"21st May, 2008
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mimoseee says:
"wonderful work rod....love it"
6th February, 2008
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Haggis Chick says:
"He's an absolute darling willing to help anyone!!! What can I say about Rod? Mmmmmm good question:-)))))))!!!!!!
His pics are amazing, I seem to be the last one to always comment sighhhhh!!! But he's always there to offer encouragment and words of advice oh and did I mention what a great listener he is?
I have to also say that if it wasn't for this man I wouldn't be going to the Razorlight concert so for ever more I'm gonna love him to death!
xxx"1st August, 2007
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Norma Desmond says:
"Not only does he like elvis, bowie, the clash and my life in the bush of ghosts....
he lives in scotland - takes astonishing photos and seems to be an all round interesting person.
of course hate all of his supremely popular shots; ) just don't look at them......
but I do like him..."23rd February, 2007
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Sara María Santos says:
"He's my boss!!!!
thanks for your words!!!!!! :)"22nd February, 2007
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Bukutgirl says:
"Besides being a hell of a nice guy Rod has a great eye for landscape photography - the compositions, clarity and color choices make his shots worth staring at for hours, wish I could get together a bunch of people to lobby for him to get more time off work to go shoot!"
29th January, 2006
- Name:
- Rod Monkey
- Joined:
- March 2005
- Currently:
- Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland
- Occupation:
- Astronaut
- Website:
- first light photography