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CharlesFred's photostream
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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.
Photos of CharlesFred (86)
CharlesFred's favorite photos from other Flickr members (226)
Contacts (159)
Groups (50)
- Your summer holiday in pictures 576 photos, 166 members
- Shamelessly Shirtless 7,337 photos, 2,482 members
- YELLOW AND GREY/GRAY 1,428 photos, 102 members
- ماضينا الــــعريــق وتــراث اجـــ 4,174 photos, 3,132 members
- »|| Arab Flickr - الفلكر العربي ||« 38,882 photos, 4,766 members
- Architecture 955,287 photos, 55,214 members
- Saudi core of the world 18,430 photos, 2,360 members
- Saudi Flickr ♥ فلكر السعودية 41,474 photos, 5,317 members
- Somalia 420 photos, 65 members
- Middle East Gypsies (www.middleeastgypsies.com) 87 photos, 358 members
- Tabarca e Tabarchini 78 photos, 46 members
- Riyadh (Ar-Riyad) 2,917 photos, 326 members
- Bulgaria 18,276 photos, 1,478 members
- BBC Eurovision 197 photos, 28 members
- Middle Eastern Social Documentary Photography 698 photos, 582 members
- La Belle Epoque ca.1890 - ca.1914 incl. ArtDeco and ArtNouveau 16,909 photos, 1,206 members
- Somali People 1,340 photos, 145 members
- Open Eyes - Online Magazine 3,564 photos, 843 members
- Fotografi senza frontiere (high-quality photographs) 15,861 photos, 1,033 members
- Amsterdam livingrooms 353 photos, 170 members
- Just walking 18,842 photos, 1,327 members
- trot and gallop 13,225 photos, 477 members
- SMOTD Soul Man of the Day 4,576 photos, 568 members
- Albania 7,143 photos, 562 members
- ArabWorld 927 photos, 199 members
- Being Male 6,698 photos, 876 members
- Natural Syria 774 photos, 92 members
- I was in Turkey 11,149 photos, 1,032 members
- Ivy Invasion 2,177 photos, 629 members
- Tunnel Vision 7,236 photos, 1,665 members
- wheelchairs 10,380 photos, 2,041 members
- Bus Stops Here 6,640 photos, 448 members
- Kosova 4,806 photos, 297 members
- Balkans 17,765 photos, 1,436 members
- Newborn Kosova 191 photos, 78 members
- Photography is not a crime 2,209 photos, 2,510 members
- Men together 2,019 photos, 277 members
- Men of Turkey 1,168 photos, 1,202 members
- Eurovision Song Contest 1,848 photos, 128 members
- FlickrAntep 178 photos, 28 members
- National Hunt Racing 1,497 photos, 75 members
- Green is Beautiful 584,578 photos, 49,644 members
- Real Istanbul 4,419 photos, 743 members
- Clash City Snappers 2,326 photos, 488 members
- English lads 842 photos, 717 members
- Photo Kaleidoscope (award any 2 photos from the pool) 20,200 photos, 929 members
- Male Art From Before 6,164 photos, 683 members
- Making History 9,909 photos, 850 members
- Faces of our Elders 459 photos, 139 members
- Hier aan de kust 14,580 photos, 982 members
Testimonials (7)
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Afrazov says:
"I love Charles' stream. It has got everything, awesome people, cute kids, kissable goat kids and sheep and donkeys and awesome orange stuff and amazing totally not run of the mill pics of places, lovely Masjids and loads of other great stuff. I love the way he lets us see all the different aspects of a place. He takes this seriously in a fun kind of a way.
I want to be able to take pics like him. A great friend. Will love to meet him one day."14th June, 2011
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halifaxlight says:
"CharlesFred was one of my earliest Flickr contacts. His photostream is large and diverse. It shows us places that are often off the main tourist paths and introduces us to the people that live there with a true sensitivity. His photos are informative and from the heart."
11th November, 2009
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Daveness_98 says:
"CharlesFred encompasses all that is best in a photographer. His eye for detail and technical expertise is unsurpassed, giving his pictures a sharp and vibrant look. However, it is the humanity revealed in his photographs that makes all the difference. It is obvious that the subjects he photographs are people he interacted with, and built up trust with. It is obvious that he has a gift with people as well as with photography."
27th August, 2008
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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"2nd March, 2008
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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."21st April, 2007
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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"22nd February, 2007
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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."31st August, 2006
- Name:
- Charles Roffey
- Joined:
- July 2005
- Hometown:
- Hargeisa
- Currently:
- Living in Amsterdam, traveling widely
- I am:
- Male
- Website:
- CharlesFred























