1.Butterflies by Night, 2008 Digital Photograph 50x40 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650    2.Entrance for the Two Dimensional, 2008 Digital Photograph 40x50 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650    3.Observer at a Crucifixion, 2008 Digital Photograph 50x40 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650    4.Re-Visiting Relativity, 2008 Digital Photograph 50x40 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650    5.Surf Motel, 2008 Digital Photograph 50x40 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650    6.Tradition Comforts Revelation, 2008 Digital Photograph 50x40 cm Museo Silver Rag euro 450 Dibond euro 650  

Raymond St. Arnaud is a visual artist and photographer, living in Victoria BC Canada. He uses photography to explore his personal visual boundaries.
"The world presents itself and occasionally, I take the time to observe. There are times when the observation takes on the form of obsession, at other times it is the casual encounter.
These moments become photographs. Believing that the normal needs to be elevated by exaggeration or simplification, I apply my skills to interpret these instances."
The photographs are spontaneous responses to observed situations and can be described as photographing a found object or incident. Some of the sub-themes are; details in manufactured and constructed objects, contrast of organic shapes against structures, geometrics, denial of depth, the isolated individual, scientific theories, TV as an authenticating force and abstraction.
The images have been modified substantially in Photoshop to exaggerate/suppress aspects of the original photograph, mainly colour and detail. The subject content of the photograph has not been altered. Some of the methods I use to manipulate images are recursive or self-referential; image modifies image; source becomes modifier. The resulting images have a hyper reality and validation that goes beyond what we believe in real life.