Simon Raven Writer & Photographer

Toco Toucan (Bolivia)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:01:21 +0000

One of the Earth’s more colourful characters, the Toco Toucan has a huge yellow-orange bill, and a tongue that measures 20cm in length. Bringing colour into the lives of its guests, this particular bird lives in a tourist guest house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

A Toco Toucan and it's magnificent colourful bill in Santa Cruz (Bolivia) © Simon Raven

Slushy Machines (Italy)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:55:16 +0000

Two slushy machines in an open fronted cafe mix red and green frozen ice drinks in Rimini (Italy).

Slushy Machines in Rimini (Italy) © Simon Raven

Payphone on a Stool (India)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:06:25 +0000

A red payphone perched on a rusty metal stool casts a beautiful shadow into a small bare earth shop at the ferry port on Vypeen Island, Kerala, India.

Payphone on a stool Vypeen Island (Kerala, India) © Simon Raven

Discarded Beach Heart (Cambodia)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:29:33 +0000

A discarded pink plastic heart washed up on the beach on the beautiful tropical Rabbit Island (Koh Tonsay) in Cambodia.

: A discarded plastic heart on the beach on Rabbit Island (Cambodia) © Simon Raven

Fair Swing Ride at Rest (Finland)

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:04:20 +0000

Bright blue and red plastic chairs hang from green supports at a children’s swing fair ride at rest in the holiday town of Lappeenranta, Finland.

Children's swing fair ride at rest in Lappeenranta (Finland) © Simon Raven

Rock, Revolution and Sex (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:15:04 +0000

Positioned next to a copy of Playboy, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary, Che Guevara, on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine on a newsstand in Recoleta, Buenos Aires.

Che Guevara the Argentine Marxist Revolutionary on the Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine (Buenos Aires, Argentina) © Simon Raven

Red Telephone Box (London, UK)

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:55:13 +0000

The K2 British telephone phone were painted red to make them easier to spot, and is a much loved design that has become an iconic symbol of the United Kingdom. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, red phone boxes can still be seen on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar and in current or former British colonies around the world.

Pavement (London)

admin — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:34:58 +0000

An accidental photograph of the pavement whilst trying to capture shadows of people crossing the busy Hungerford bridge that crosses the River Thames from the South Bank, London.

Walls of Colour (Argentina)

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:59:42 +0000

Blocks of colour on a wall in La Boca, a historic district of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Many of the early settlers in La Boca were from the Italian city of Genoa, and it was here that the sensual Tango was born in the brightly painted streets and houses of this once poor neighbourhood.

Tibetan Candles of Hope (India)

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:57:28 +0000

Hundreds of candles illuminate a room at the Tsuglagkhang Buddhist Temple (the Dalai Lama’s Temple) in Mcleod Ganj, India. In the wake of a revolt in Tibet in 1959, following Tibet being incorporated in the People’s Republic of China, the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India where he has led a government in exile ever since.