Jerad Raines Photography
A deer working a quiet corner in Japan, in black and white

Japan

Snack Time

At Osaka’s Namba Yasaka Shrine, the Shishiden is hard to ignore. Rising 12 metres into the air, this enormous lion’s head seems less like a stage and more like a creature that has wandered out of a myth. Its cavernous mouth is said to swallow evil spirits and bring good luck — though standing beneath it, you might wonder what else it could swallow.

That was the feeling I wanted to capture in Snack Time. A lone woman stands beneath the lion, her back to its enormous jaws, casually gesturing at something beyond the frame. Her umbrella hides her face, leaving me to imagine what has caught her attention. Against the sheer scale of the Shishiden, she looks wonderfully vulnerable — a tiny figure seemingly oblivious to the giant monster looming overhead. In black and white, the scene takes on an almost cinematic quality: part encounter, part comedy, and just a little bit ominous.

Nikon Z 7II · Nikkor Z 24-120mm · 24mm · f/4 · 1/800 sec · ISO 4500

Limited Edition Print

Available as a limited edition fine art print, produced on demand in four finishes. Full sizing and materials are on the prints page.

Editions & certificates

Each image is released as a limited edition of 50 — that's 50 pieces total, across every size and every finish combined, not 50 of each. When an edition closes, that image is retired and never offered as a print again. A few signature images are released in smaller editions.

Outside that count, I keep one Artist's Proof of each image for myself. It's occasionally available by private request, at a premium.

Every piece is numbered and comes with a matching signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Paper prints are signed by hand before they ship; the face-mounted pieces travel straight from the lab to you, so the certificate carries the signature rather than the panel.

As an edition sells down, the price steps up. The earliest collectors of an image always pay the least for it.

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Lumachrome Face-mounted to TruLife acrylic

A layered transparency print, face-mounted to anti-reflective acrylic. The image is printed on clear film over a white reflective base, so light passes through the emulsion twice — inbound and outbound — before it reaches the eye.

Best for: Deep color, dramatic light, anything you want to stop people in a hallway.

Chromaluxe Dye-sublimation on aluminum

Under heat and pressure, the dye passes directly from solid to gas and diffuses into a polymer coating bonded to the panel. The image ends up within that coating rather than sitting on top of it.

Best for: Bright scenes, water, snow, big skies. Also the most durable option.

Supralume High-gloss canvas on aluminum composite

Canvas with the gloss integral to the print rather than varnished on afterward, surface-bonded to an aluminum composite panel. It keeps canvas texture without the detail loss and reduced black density that matte canvas normally costs.

Best for: Texture and detail — rock, bark, forest, anything intricate.

Fine Art Paper Canson Infinity Rag Photographique, 310 gsm cotton

A 310 gsm, 100% cotton rag with a smooth matte surface and no optical brighteners. The most traditional of the four, and the only one I sign by hand before it ships.

Best for: Quieter work, black and white, and anyone with a framer they trust.

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