Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, is located just to the near north of Melbourne city. It was origninally settled in the 1850s and many of the current buildings were constructed in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Over the decades the character of Fitzroy has changed repeatedly. In the past it has been a working class area, a home to indie and post punk music, and now it is home to a mix of young professionals, well-off retirees, artists. It has a thriving bar, boutique and cafe culture.

Of interest to me, is the street art, which goes far beyond grafitti. My aim in photogaphing the street art images is not simply to record the art, but to see it in the context of the streets, walls and fences that it uses as a canvas. Both art and canvas were created by our human hands, and as such are temporary. Yet this man made landscape has been transformed into an ever morphing fantasy which, without doubt, touches the lives of those who live and pass by with its colour and symbolism.

Some of the street art images are in black and white. I hope that my monochrome images, by stripping out the colour, present an altogether different impression of the art and its place on the bricks and mortar canvas.