|
Rod Monkey's photostream
|
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 (1,191)
![Goodbye Summer, We'll Miss You [Explored] by Clayton Perry Photoworks](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4131/5046232197_8005c963f7_s.jpg)
Contacts (721)
Groups (50)
- * creative portrait photography * 2,837 photos, 488 members
- Unlimited Woman 61,280 photos, 7,418 members
- INDIGO AWARD 388 photos, 137 members
- World Portrait 2020 68,264 photos, 3,091 members
- Battersea Power Station 3,190 photos, 678 members
- Parent and Child 17,006 photos, 3,091 members
- Mundo Uno - One World, One Future, for the Children 23,057 photos, 5,209 members
- Magnificent Portrait - Post 1 Give 5 2,302 photos, 226 members
- Wedding Photography 192,491 photos, 39,564 members
- Richard's Quality B & W and Sepia ( Admin invite only) 11,679 photos, 942 members
- TLC photography [upload 1 comment 2] 56,717 photos, 3,518 members
- Getty Friends UK 4,760 photos, 123 members
- Classy Portraits 17,606 photos, 2,937 members
- ANGEL GALLERY :Images w/ 7+ Angel Awards , Post 1 / Award 3 11,082 photos, 2,483 members
- b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l (award 2) - New Contest: LAKES 172,211 photos, 8,728 members
- Canon EOS 5D Series 322,987 photos, 15,609 members
- The Best Shot - Platinum Award Level 2 - Post1 Award3 or face Ba 31,818 photos, 4,265 members
- !Pole Star(Post2-Comment5) 48,884 photos, 3,026 members
- A Black Rose - Post 1 - Award 3 100,374 photos, 5,576 members
- Fabulous Planet Evo (Post 1, Award 4) (Sweeper) 98,078 photos, 4,714 members
- Best Of DAMN! I Wish I'd Taken That 23,328 photos, 4,653 members
- **Platinum Hearts Hall of Fame** Photos With 10 Platinum Hearts 27,885 photos, 5,553 members
- Chercher la Femme ♀ 15,159 photos, 1,358 members
- **THE BEST VISIONS** ( Post 01, Award 03 ) 147,109 photos, 7,225 members
- Black&White♥Lovers(Post2-Comment5)*SWEEPER ACTIVE* 18,075 photos, 2,250 members
- Universe of Nature (P.1 / 5 GIVE)[NO People]SWEEPER ACTIVE! 210,211 photos, 18,688 members
- NATURE'S PRIME (post 1 award 4) Contest: Birds w/prey ~ VOTE 218,261 photos, 14,733 members
- *ANGEL AWARDS, POST 1 / GIVE 5 ANGELS , SWEEPER ACTIVE 168,018 photos, 7,412 members
- THE NATURAL WORLD OF NATURE P1/A4 101,587 photos, 8,370 members
- The Best Shot - Post1/Award5 (Not commenting = Ban) 256,761 photos, 13,931 members
- Andromeda "50" ~ Super~Six Level Six! 72,377 photos, 5,690 members
- Sapphire Awards *POST 1 - AWARD 3* *Sweeper Active* 120,534 photos, 8,048 members
- Whiteground 8,843 photos, 1,360 members
- Art is a Woman (post 1- award 2) 74,350 photos, 7,234 members
- THE DARK HORSE AWARD * Post 1 Award 4* NO Nudity 19,478 photos, 1,618 members
- Abstract Art Awards -=Post 1, Award 3=-- 49,245 photos, 6,687 members
- Furry Friday 39,944 photos, 1,935 members
- Creative Child Photography 181,679 photos, 18,552 members
- Dogs! Dogs! Dogs! 690,645 photos, 84,776 members
- Photography- My Passion - post 1 award 2 12,233 photos, 773 members
- **Baby & Child Awards** Post 1 - Awards 3 9,349 photos, 1,074 members
- Shooting Stars Babies and Kids (Post 1, Award 5) we are back !! 1,743 photos, 500 members
- The Light Painters Society 262,466 photos, 12,996 members
- The point of view 10,372 photos, 2,716 members
- Music Photography 264,075 photos, 10,780 members
- Old School Digital 35,242 photos, 2,424 members
- The Best Portraits AOI (Admin Invite) (Post 1-Award & Fave 3) 5,602 photos, 1,763 members
- Portraits du monde * Post 1 , Comment 2 * Sweeper is running 61,690 photos, 4,740 members
- Colors ON BLACK(only by admin-invite)P.1 - C.2 8,231 photos, 1,626 members
- Italy, Best of / L'immagine dell'Italia 135,662 photos, 7,851 members
Galleries (2)
- Beautiful Women Beautifully Photographed 13 photos
- This Is The Modern World 13 photos
Testimonials (8)
-
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
-
flightless bird says:
"talent at it's highest, beauty at it's purest and inspiration beyond my verbal ability."
27th May, 2008
-
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
-
mimoseee says:
"wonderful work rod....love it"
6th February, 2008
-
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
-
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
-
Sara María Santos says:
"He's my boss!!!!
thanks for your words!!!!!! :)"22nd February, 2007
-
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