Just Ian Photography by Ian Robertson

Photographic set

Shawfield Track

Shawfield Track follows the edges, interiors and surrounding ground of a graffiti-marked former trackside complex in Shawfield. The photographs move between street frontage, covered terraces, painted walls, empty steps and open grass, … Show more Show less

Shawfield Track follows the edges, interiors and surrounding ground of a graffiti-marked former trackside complex in Shawfield. The photographs move between street frontage, covered terraces, painted walls, empty steps and open grass, allowing the site to emerge through its surfaces and structures. Rusted roof trusses, railings, shutters and doorways give the sequence a strong architectural thread, while murals and tags bring colour and gesture into each space.

Rather than treating the location from a single viewpoint, the set alternates wide frames with close observations. Open views of the buildings and floodlights establish scale; details of timber, grilles and paint slow the pace. Vegetation repeatedly enters the frames, softening boundaries between the built remains and the ground around them.

Published
17 August 2026
Location
shawfield
Photographs
15
Curving white track rail beside overgrown grass, leading towards a weathered grandstand with yellow-covered windows under heavy clouds. Spray-painted circular sign beside a metal support and floodlight tower in overgrown grounds at Shawfield Track under heavy clouds. Graffiti-covered wall beneath a dark metal shelter, with curved concrete terrace steps and weeds growing beside support columns at Shawfield Track. Interior of a disused corrugated-metal shelter, with a long wall covered in multicoloured graffiti, exposed roof trusses, cracked concrete flooring and stepped seating at left. Large multicoloured graffiti pieces cover a weathered concrete wall beside a curving paved walkway under a corrugated canopy at Shawfield Track. Blue graffiti mural of a leaping dog over large outlined letters on a weathered wall, with dense tags beside a recessed entrance and weeds in the foreground. Rusty metal mesh vent marked F8 set into a weathered pink, turquoise and black graffiti mural on a wooden wall. Colourful graffiti covers corrugated metal beneath red timber cladding inside a dilapidated roofed structure, beside a dark marked doorway. Colourful graffiti covers corrugated metal cladding beside two dark, open window bays, with yellow wildflowers growing through cracked concrete under a rusting roof. Large red, white and turquoise graffiti lettering with lime-green dots covers a weathered concrete wall beside a small brown vent, under a dark roof overhang. Graffiti-covered wooden service stalls and broken counters inside a derelict structure with a damaged corrugated roof. Open rust-brown metal doorway with yellow tags frames an overgrown paved yard and weathered structure beyond. View through the dark steel frame of a roofless industrial structure towards overgrown ground and a low factory building with painted panels and wall markings. Black-and-white view of metal scaffolding against a weathered industrial building, above a dark brick boundary marked with large graffiti lettering. Brick roadside frontage in Shawfield with SAS Tyres, Cakes and dog-food advertisements above a shutter covered in white lettering.