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Gallery: simply red part two

July 25, 2025 / 41 Comments

If one says ‘Red’ – the name of colour – and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And one can be sure that all these reds will be very different.

Josef Albers, artist and art teacher

Thanks to Becky we are currently flooding the blogging world with reds, and proving (if we hadn’t already known) just how many shades of that colour exist!

All my previous Simply Red squares were from recent trips, as in the past few years I’ve started tagging all my better shots. I included all the colours in anticipation of future colour challenges, so it was great to make use of the tags, especially as quite a bit of work goes into the tagging process.

However I haven’t made a lot of progress in tagging my huge backlog of folders from pre-2023. I’ve worked through a few favourite trips, but most are still waiting for me to find the time and inclination to tackle them! Nevertheless, I was sure if I browsed through some of those folders I would find plenty more red images in my archives.

And so it proved; red is an easy colour to spot with even a quick glance in a folder. Here then is a further selection of reds from around the world.

My feature photo was taken in Rapperswil, near Zurich, Switzerland, and proved impossible to square!

In the Barrio Lastarria, Santiago, Chile

At the Socialist Art Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria

Display of traditional costume in the Archaeological Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria

By the Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An, Vietnam

In Hanoi, Vietnam

Fishing nets in Brindisi, Italy

Cyclamen, Monopoli, Italy

Poppy growing in a field in Bulgaria

Chillies drying, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Somewhere in Rajasthan, India

Woman in Albreda, Gambia

At the Palio della Balestra, an historic crossbow tournament in Gubbio, Italy

In the Marrakesh Medina, Morocco

In the Place des Ferblantiers, Marrakesh, Morocco

House number in Arpino, Italy

Old house in Tromsø, Norway

Car in Havana, Cuba

Giant snail in Riga, Latvia – part of a protest dubbed ‘Art Needs Space’

Art installation on the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Ssshh: on a wall in Tallinn, Estonia

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