Dear you,

AN INVITATION EXTENDED:
I would very much love for you to be a part of a new collaborative zine I am putting together operating under the shoddy working title, Have Wheels, Will Go. A zine all about vehicles and modes of transportation; a zine harking back to the days when people posed alongside their set of wheels, a proud expression etched across their face; a zine made up of photographs of you or someone you know, or your cat or dog, or a relative stranger on the street. Anyone really. Anyone posing alongside an automobile of your/their choice.

ZINE PARTICULARS & WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
Send me a photo of yourself leaning up against or standing alongside your dream car. Or perhaps you might be a tad keener on propping up alongside a car you’d never fancy yourself driving. You could ask a dear friend or neighbour or acquaintance to pose whilst you stay behind the camera lens, it’s really up to you.

Pets, small children, big children, an Uncle in glasses, a friend in overalls, a whole bunch of people, a complete stranger or your good self, anyone posed, arranged, limbs artfully draped alongside a vehicle. I’m not fussed as to how you go about it or how many you submit; I’m just interested in pulling together a collaborative zine made up of photographs of living beings by cars. Naturally, I advise strongly against lolling across the bonnet of a stranger’s car and setting off their car alarm.

Bend the rules and pose by a scooter, or send me a copy of an old family photo already in your possession that you feel fits the bill, just be sure to send me a little something.

Please include as much or as little of the following as you’d like:
Name
Vehicle
Date
Street/Suburb
Country

You can email your photos to me at: gracialouise{AT}optusnet.com.au
Or if you’d prefer, you can send something by post.

All submissions are required by the 15th of November, 2007

Format: 9cm (H) X 13cm (W) approximately. RGB, 300 dpi, jpeg.
(This measurement is a guide only. Your file should be around 4.67 MB in size.)

THE END RESULT:
I hope to make this into a printed zine, and if all goes to plan, one online too, so please only submit information you are happy to share.

As a general rule...
Crude, yes; lewd, no.

All submissions will be published, though of course, if by some miracle I receive a great deal, some may end up (by financial necessity only) on the web version rather than both.

All folk happy to participate will receive a free printed zine, and if you’d like a few copies to give to chums I can also organize mates rates.

Please email me (or leave a message in the comments section on my blog High Up In The Trees) to let me know if you are in and I’ll make sure to leave space for you.

This zine is open to all so please feel free to pass it on to all and sundry.

I look forward to seeing your wheels,
g