The Artist

Fine Art Photography by Chris Rayn

Visual artist Chris Rayn explores the conflicting relationship of nature and humanity, and the nature of reality itself, in long-lasting art projects. This website features a comprehensive look at his artwork and the story behind. Biography »

New Works

Resolution

Shadows of New Year Temple Goers Burning Incense Joss Sticks

Sea of Smog

Ship On Shanghai River As Air Pollution Blankets Shore

Sightseeing

Smog overtakes the Bund as Shanghai's Most Famous Sight

Promenade of Shadows

Shanghai's River and Bund Skyline in Heavy Air Pollution

Art Projects

Unknown Hero

Shanghai and the Smog: The China Aircopalypse

Poisonous Beauty

Floating World

Shadows of Our Selves

Whisper to Heaven

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Meet the Artist

Based in Shanghai, Chris Rayn explores the depth of human existence & conflicts of our times

Unknown Hero

Individual's struggle to stand out against the Kafkaesque machinations of society

Chris Rayn's collection City of Tomorrow

Poisonous Beauty

A surreal dystopian future in our present: the cost of human progress inflicted on nature

Shanghai Rise

Urban transformation through the microcosm of one neighbourhood across a decade

Whisper To Heaven

An intimate portrait of human spirit meeting the supernatural in a reverie of light & darkness

Shadows of Our Selves

As human archetypes, the shadows on the cave wall are coming alive in surreal imagery

Floating World

Fleeting images on water mirror the subjectiveness of perception & transcience of existence

Inside the Art

In Chris Rayn's artwork, bold colors meet deep contrasts in meticulous compositions