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David Raymond is a renowned art and photography collector and was one of the portfolio reviewers at Fotofest, 2012. He is founder and chairman of the Global Auction Network. He broke the top 100 list of collectors in the US by Art and Antiques magazine.
He has been an internationally recognized collector of contemporary and vintage photographic works for over twenty five years. Numerous publications, including Art and Antiques and the Art Market Guide, have named David as a top-100 American collector. In 2008, Worth Magazine profiled his collecting habits.
The exhibition is curated by William Jeffett, Chief Curator at The Dalí Museum, with works on loan from artist and art collector David Raymond. Since 1985, Raymond has pushed the boundary of the definition of “the surreal,” working to expand the canon in his collecting practice.
Oct 19, 2014 · Beginning in the 1990s, art collector and filmmaker David Raymond judiciously sought out vintage prints from the 1920s through the 1940s that reflect the eye in its wild state (l’oeil a l’état sauvage), remaining true to the spirit of André Breton, a founder of surrealism.
Art dealer and filmmaker David Raymond began collecting Surrealist and modernist photographs in 1996, when he noticed that many fine examples were readily available on the market. In just 10 years, Raymond had amassed hundreds of rare, high-quality photographs—more than his New York City apartment could hold.
Collecting — David Raymond. I started to collect art in a serious way about 25 years ago. It began as a mix of vintage photography and contemporary art by artists that I knew and interacted with. I was immediately drawn to surrealism and all of it's various iterations up to present time.
I am photographer, film-maker, art collector and curator. Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. (Salvador Dali)
