Cristian Townsend is a West Australian, Fine Art Photographer, living and working in Osaka, Japan.
Specialising in dreamlike photomontages that endeavour to question and push boundaries. Inspired by Surrealism's provocation and Buddhist philosophy. His work playfully juxtaposes ideas, in order to, like a Zen Koen, see beyond our cultural conventions. To seek truth.
His Photomontages use motifs from Classical to Modernist Art, From war-time Propaganda to Modern Advertising, the Cinema, the Mass Media and Science Fiction. "Everything should be questioned and everything should be explored. Art is the exploration of what is possible."