By Lynne Ayers

In preparation for a book I want to produce I have been going through my photographs looking at not what they are but what they might become. I’m looking for strong lines and contrasts and varying shapes, considering what to leave in and what to take out, what to distort and what to enhance with a desire to produce images that are seen for strength of composition over subject matter.

DSCN2701 and Away from the Madding Crowd shows my selection of which elements to keep.

Moving Day is part of a series of enhancing the mundane from ho-hum to something interesting through cropping and colour.

A Day in the City is part of an urban series imparting the essence of city life.

Sunrise is an exercise in distortion.

Up? Or Down?  and Call Home were composed for their lines and blocks of colour.

Passages is an example of close cropping and enhanced colour.

Collectif members, send an image (or a few) of very recent work to cagac.ca@gmail.com with up to 100 words describing what you did, materials used, inspiration, etc. Maybe share how you’re feeling & how creativity helps. We’d like an informative, inspiring show & tell. Writers, send us poetry, lyrics, a short piece or excerpt.