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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
visited 21 states (9.33%) Create your own visited map of The World
I'm Male and Lost.
Rod Monkey's favorite photos from other Flickr members (1,197)
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Contacts (725)
Groups (50)
- * creative portrait photography * 2,361 photos, 451 members
- Unlimited Woman 59,700 photos, 7,170 members
- INDIGO AWARD 387 photos, 137 members
- World Portrait 2020 59,521 photos, 2,935 members
- Battersea Power Station 3,138 photos, 647 members
- Parent and Child 16,915 photos, 3,075 members
- Mundo Uno - One World, One Future, for the Children 23,138 photos, 5,224 members
- Magnificent Portrait - Post 1 Give 5 2,036 photos, 224 members
- Wedding Photography 184,953 photos, 38,057 members
- Richard's Quality B & W and Sepia ( Admin invite only) 10,992 photos, 900 members
- TLC photography [upload 1 comment 2] 55,440 photos, 3,565 members
- Getty Friends UK 4,120 photos, 115 members
- Classy Portraits 17,061 photos, 2,971 members
- ***ANGEL*** GALLERY ( L2 - Pictures with 7+ Angel Awards) P1/A3 11,166 photos, 2,493 members
- b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l (award 2) New Contest: RED 164,655 photos, 8,538 members
- Canon EOS 5D Series 303,490 photos, 14,937 members
- The Best Shot - Platinum Award (Level 2) 30,724 photos, 4,124 members
- !Pole Star(Post2-Comment5) 49,019 photos, 3,047 members
- A Black Rose - Post 1 - Award 3 97,212 photos, 5,555 members
- Fabulous Planet Evo (Post 1, Award 4) (Sweeper) 96,336 photos, 4,794 members
- Best Of DAMN! I Wish I'd Taken That 21,994 photos, 4,544 members
- **Platinum Hearts Hall of Fame** Photos With 10 Platinum Hearts 26,170 photos, 5,313 members
- Chercher la Femme ♀ 13,900 photos, 1,257 members
- **THE BEST VISIONS** ( Post 01, Award 03 ) 140,303 photos, 7,079 members
- Black&White♥Lovers(Post2-Comment5)*SWEEPER ACTIVE* 18,155 photos, 2,253 members
- Universe of Nature (P.1 / 5 GIVE)[NO People]SWEEPER ACTIVE! 201,243 photos, 18,638 members
- NATURE'S PRIME (post 1 award 4) Contest: Hugs & Kisses-ENTER 195,613 photos, 13,910 members
- *Angel Awards* POST 1 / GIVE 5 ANGELS 161,099 photos, 7,354 members
- THE NATURAL WORLD OF NATURE P1/A4 96,611 photos, 8,239 members
- The Best Shot - Post1/Award5 (Not commenting = Ban) 237,057 photos, 13,386 members
- Andromeda "50," Level 6 ~ (Special Invitation Only) 65,108 photos, 5,247 members
- Sapphire Awards *POST 1 - AWARD 3* *Sweeper Active* 112,940 photos, 7,903 members
- Whiteground 8,757 photos, 1,361 members
- Art is a Woman (post 1- award 2) 70,261 photos, 6,989 members
- THE DARK HORSE AWARD * Post 1 Award 4* NO Nudity 19,310 photos, 1,578 members
- Abstract Art Awards -=Post 1, Award 3=-- 47,577 photos, 6,542 members
- Furry Friday 40,046 photos, 1,936 members
- Creative Child Photography 174,783 photos, 18,076 members
- Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! 654,477 photos, 81,476 members
- Photography- My Passion - post 1 award 2 11,510 photos, 765 members
- **Baby & Child Awards** Post 1 - Awards 3 9,269 photos, 1,062 members
- Shooting Stars Babies and Kids (Post 1, Award 5) we are back !! 1,680 photos, 503 members
- The Light Painters Society 241,103 photos, 12,505 members
- The point of view 8,662 photos, 2,547 members
- Music Photography 244,898 photos, 9,950 members
- Old School Digital 34,677 photos, 2,421 members
- The Best Portraits AOI (Admin Invite) (Post 1-Award & Fave 3) 5,152 photos, 1,666 members
- Portraits du monde * Post 1 , Comment 2 * Sweeper is running 56,869 photos, 4,498 members
- Colors ON BLACK(only by admin-invite)P.1 - C.2 7,856 photos, 1,537 members
- Italy, Best of / L'immagine dell'Italia 125,750 photos, 7,455 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