The Street

I Still See | The Street

No colour. The Street | sections of colour.

Rain Outside The Box

Fire

The Space Between

The Landscape. The Street

My Heart can fly with you | The Street

And Then Brown | The Street

Three UP | The Street

Green Water Grate | The Street

Absent School Photo | The Street

Prision Bricks

If Pigs Could Fly

I See Clearly Now | The Street

Always Take The Weather With You | The Street

Looking Through The Square Window | The Street

Dont Look For The Cracks | The Street

Blue Period | The Street

Fluttering My Eyes | The Street

Great Paint | The Street

The Potential, If Only | The Street

Life's Precarious | The Street

Crowned | The Street

Love Story | The Street

Function And Form | The Street

I Think Therefore I Am | The Street

Hang 'em High | The Street

 

The Street | Sections of Abstract Colour
Photographs by Robert Young, 1998 – Chippendale, NSW

As an artist, photographer, and sculptor, I’ve always been drawn to overlooked moments—quiet scenes that whisper stories if you stand still long enough to listen. The Street is a series of abstract photographs captured in 1998, wandering through the old streets of Chippendale, long before it became what is now Central Park and its gleaming tower and shopping centre.

Back then, Chippendale was a rough-edged, working-class suburb, slightly broken, full of history and humanity. Among the laneways, you could find accidental masterpieces—layers of paint, graffiti, and forgotten objects forming brilliant, chaotic colour palettes on peeling walls and cracked pavements. These weren’t curated by artists but shaped by time, weather, and the well-intentioned efforts of council workers, who would cover graffiti with bright blocks of mismatched colour. In doing so, they unknowingly created fleeting urban canvases that fascinated me.

These photographs capture the humour, the decay, and the strange beauty of those street fragments—part detritus, part urban poetry. They are abstract, yet rooted in place and memory. Each image feels like a postcard from a moment that has long since disappeared.

Print Options Available:

• 8″ x 10″ (20.3 x 25.4 cm) on 240gsm Lustre Photo Paper – $87
• 16″ x 20″ (40 x 50 cm) Fine Art Print on 100% Cotton Rag – from $245, with framing options
• 20″ x 28″ (50.8 x 71.1 cm) Fine Art Print on 100% Cotton Rag – from $429, with framing options

Special Edition:
Select works from The Street are also available as limited edition T-shirts.
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