I photographed these simple stripes and patterns to add to another of my ongoing themed collections. Like all groups of image that have a common link, they may in fact come from a wide variety of sources and locations. From memory the above stripes, starting top-left, are or are from the...

Back of a Porsche 365 Spyder.
Mud flap of lorry in Florence, Italy.
Sliding factory doors in Chatham Naval Dockyard.
Double rear doors of a Morris van.
Back of a refuse collection lorry, London.
Glossy paint work reflection - English coach at Le Mans.
Mural on corrugated iron, London.
Race car transporter, France.
Marquee, UK.
Back-street garage, Florence, Italy.
Sealed letterbox, London.
Inspection tent covering GPO telephone terminal box.
Underside of Pagoda, Kew Gardens.
Clinker boat, Aberdovey, Wales.
Back of road-maintenence vehicle, Sienna, Italy.
No.53 “Herbie” VW Beetle.
”Evening Standard” newspaper delivery van. London.
Painted mural, London.
Poster design, Covent Garden, London.
Stone steps, Parliament Square, London.

From these few examples you will see that stripes don’t have to be straight... or parallel. They can be curved, angled, zig-zag, random, converging, wavy, even crossing or interlacing with each other as a chequered or diamond pattern. And there is no limit to their shape, size or colour combination. Look around and you will see all kinds of stripes worth photographing... and at the very least it will be worth doing in order to exercise your creative thinking.