Lexicon Gallery

Lexicon Gallery in North Carolina, USA, features a selection of 16 photographs by Rob Parisien, an international street art and travel photographer.

Drawn from his street photography, travel photography, and documentary work, these images explore people, cultures, architecture, and everyday moments, shaped by journeys through more than 65 countries.

Rob Parisien is a Canadian street/art photographer whose work captures the emotional gravity of everyday life across the globe. With a deep instinct for storytelling and a mastery of light and texture, Parisien transforms overlooked moments into powerful, visual narratives.

Raised in Canada and having lived across Asia, Australia, India, Japan, and the Philippines, Parisien’s perspective is shaped by a lifetime of immersion in diverse cultures and human experience. Having traveled through more than 65 countries, he works alone, moving quickly through environments, instinctively spotting potential images, but always seeking natural light that favors the final mastered piece, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Over a career spanning more than four decades, Parisien worked on and off as a camera operator while also collaborating closely with directors across major Hollywood films, television productions, and live entertainment projects. This deep production experience shaped his instinct for movement, light, and storytelling elements now central to his photography. His company, Chasing The Image, has placed work internationally with collectors, businesses, and public institutions.

In Parisien’s world, a weathered door, a lone figure, the flicker of wings, or the beauty in a sunset becomes more than just a fleeting sight, it becomes a masterful work of art, a living story captured in the instant before it disappears.

Lexicon Gallery, a photography collection by Rob Parisien.Lexicon Gallery, a photography collection by Rob Parisien.
Electric Solitude by Rob Parisien. A narrow, shadowy urban alley with tangled electrical wires, bicy
Electric Solitude by Rob Parisien. A narrow, shadowy urban alley with tangled electrical wires, bicy

Electric Solitude

The Floating Edge of Life by Rob Parisien. Colourful waterfront houses built on wooden stilts, refle
The Floating Edge of Life by Rob Parisien. Colourful waterfront houses built on wooden stilts, refle

The Waiting Sea

The Floating Edge of Life by Rob Parisien. Colourful waterfront houses built on wooden stilts, refle
The Floating Edge of Life by Rob Parisien. Colourful waterfront houses built on wooden stilts, refle

The Floating Edge Of Life

Thick, twisting tree trunks and intertwined roots wrapped around each other, surrounded by lush gree
Thick, twisting tree trunks and intertwined roots wrapped around each other, surrounded by lush gree
Black-and-white view from beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with crowds gathering under its immense
Black-and-white view from beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with crowds gathering under its immense
Seabirds soaring and gathering along a shoreline at sunset, silhouetted against golden clouds, shimm
Seabirds soaring and gathering along a shoreline at sunset, silhouetted against golden clouds, shimm

Bound By Nature

The Gathering Below

When The Sea Breathed Light

Tranquil coastal landscape at sunset, with orange and pink clouds reflected across still water and d
Tranquil coastal landscape at sunset, with orange and pink clouds reflected across still water and d
Five elaborate Venetian carnival masks in green, gold, black and white, decorated with ornate feathe
Five elaborate Venetian carnival masks in green, gold, black and white, decorated with ornate feathe

Painted Silence

The Venetian Masquerade

A towering tropical tree with thick, twisting roots and a broad canopy of lush green leaves.
A towering tropical tree with thick, twisting roots and a broad canopy of lush green leaves.
A solitary person standing on bright green grass overlooking a windswept coastline, with waves crash
A solitary person standing on bright green grass overlooking a windswept coastline, with waves crash
A grey tabby cat resting on a windowsill inside an old shuttered window, surrounded by weathered tur
A grey tabby cat resting on a windowsill inside an old shuttered window, surrounded by weathered tur

In The Roar And Silence

Where The Cat Waits

In Nature's Embrace

An abandoned playground shrouded in thick mist, with empty slides and stairways fading into the fog
An abandoned playground shrouded in thick mist, with empty slides and stairways fading into the fog
A colourful traditional decorative fan-shaped design with vivid green, orange and red patterns, intr
A colourful traditional decorative fan-shaped design with vivid green, orange and red patterns, intr
A partially open, rust-coloured iron gate leading into a small overgrown garden, surrounded by leafy
A partially open, rust-coloured iron gate leading into a small overgrown garden, surrounded by leafy
An old, weathered wooden double door with faded turquoise paint, a rusty lock and peeling plaster on
An old, weathered wooden double door with faded turquoise paint, a rusty lock and peeling plaster on
A towering blue column of cloud rising above the ocean at sunset, surrounded by dramatic dark clouds
A towering blue column of cloud rising above the ocean at sunset, surrounded by dramatic dark clouds

Faded Entry

Painted Tradition

Entry To Ordinary Magic

Twilight Surge

Playground For No One