One of the first impluses of a pet owner who's lost a pet is to canvas the neighborhood with quickly made posters. And even if we haven't seen the wonderer in question, many of us stop to read these posters with their charming combinations of heartfelt pleas, humor and hand made art. For the last decade Ian Phillps has collected lost and found posters from around the world.

As a collection, the posters represent an authentic folk art that expresses a commonality between their makers and readers from the United States to China. For any one who has stopped to read a lost pet poster, lost is a heart- warming tribute.

Ian Phillps works as an illustrator for books, magazines and newspapers, He makes home in Toronto.

Soft Cover, 90 black and white photographs.