Erotic Journey

Let Charlie Roff take you on an erotic journey through Paris, London, New York, the Greek Islands and the Mojave Desert as he roams the world taking photographs of naked, nubile and beautiful girls. This, his first book, collects more than 300 images that demonstrate the pleasure his subjects take in their, and each other's, sensuality. Whether it’s the Cornish landscape – which he has been photographing for over twenty five years – or the naked body, the key to Charlie Roff’s work has always been spontaneity. Everything feels as if it’s done on the move. There is nothing set up, nothing overtly stylised about his photography. In his non-commissioned work in particular, Charlie has the ability to catch the moment as it passes – and yet once caught it is often hard to believe the image was not pre-arranged. This is not to say Roff’s photographs are hit and miss. Like any good artist, he is constantly pre-visualising the world in terms of his pictures. He seems to always be aware of foreground/background relationships; in awe of what he sees around him, fascinated by light and shade. There is nothing coy about his images, there is no pretence that he is showing us something other than he and most other men desire. And if he is a voyeur it is only as a witness to the pleasure women take in their sensuality. The women themselves are participating in the creation of the photographs, they are as at ease in front of his lens as in front of their lovers, and in Charlie’s case this is often one and the same. Roff’s work is a secular hymn to pleasure.