On Friday 19 August, participants started from the g39 space, splitting up and taking photographs for 30 minutes. After reviewing the images as a group, one image from each person's camera was chosen and passed on to another in the group. This image was used as the source or inspiration to produce a new set of photographs from which one image was selected and so on...

The results are a vibrant series of linked photo poems which both explore the area around the g39 space and reflect the unique creative responses of each group. The participants were Gareth, Lawrence, Camilla, Clio, Kate W and David.

The Saturday PhotoRengas by Sonia, Kate H, Ryan, Kate W and David can be seen here.

The PhotoRengas are inspired by an ancient, courtly form of Japanese poetry, in which sequences of haiku construct complex and profound poems. The aim of the PhotoRenga project is to produce a series of short, collective visual poems.

The workshops have previously been hosted by Ffotogallery in Penarth and future PhotoRenga workshops will be held here and at other venues. The PhotoRengas will be produced in an eBook and as an exhibition in the future.

Photographs by David Sinden and the artists: all rights reserved 2011