Corey Arnold Shoots and Fishes

NPR has a nice interview online with Corey Arnold about his work as a photographer and fisherman in the Bering Sea, which is interesting, as his am...

NPR has a nice interview online with Corey Arnold about his work as a photographer and fisherman in the Bering Sea, which is interesting, as his amusing human animal imagery just popped up on my radar last week. Arnold has a BFA from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, but had previously begun a career as an Alaskan crab fisherman. He was able to marry these interests when he received a grant from the American-Scandinavian Foundation in 2005 to document fisherman in Northern Norway. This became a long-term project; Arnold has spent months and months fishing and shooting. A lot of Arnold’s work is esoteric and conceptual, and he’s done a really nice job showing the gritty realities of fishing culture as well as presenting some humorous, stylized renderings. Gotta love a horse head on a boat. With a cat.

Arnold was also part of the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch show; he was aboard the Rollo during the second season. Here’s how the imagery was used for ads:

A little punched-up, eh?

It’s really interesting to me how Arnold has been able to combine his two loves here. It’s very advantageous, I think, to find a niche you love and really work it. And in this case, Arnold’s love for his subject matter absolutely comes through. Arnold has recently shot on assignment for The New Yorker, Fortune and Fast Company, and has gallery representation at Sara Tecchia Roma in New York.

thanks, Laura Nathan.