He is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has appeared with the likes of Rolling Stone, VICE, and San Francisco Magazine. He is a former staff photographer for the Half Moon Bay Review and the SF Bay Guardian, and worked as an editor in the White House Photo Office. As a freelance writer, Charles has won three first place news writing awards with the Bay Area’s Peninsula Press Club. He is represented by Levine-Greenberg-Rostan Literary Agency.