Daniel Arnold

Background

Daniel Arnold was born on March 6, 1980.

Career

A journalist by profession, Daniel left his work in the office to pursue a dream vocation. As far as he is a New York City-based photographer now, he captures scenes of everyday New York City. However, Daniel also shot in other places, including Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California, among others.

In April 2014, Arnold took over The New Yorker magazine's Instagram account for a week, documenting the subway life. In 2017, his work was featured in the documentary "Daniel Arnold's New York". Later, in 2018, he covered the 2018 Women's March for Vogue. In October 2019, Daniel's first solo exhibition in New York City was opened in the Larrie gallery.

Achievements

• Daniel Arnold is a famous photographer, whose style - and perhaps the reason for his wide appeal - sees him get up-close to his subjects, capturing authentic moments, that draw viewers in. Though his work can now regularly be seen in publications like Vogue and The New York Times, as well as in galleries, he is still perhaps best known for his Instagram account.
  
  It's worth noting, that Daniel gained visibility, when he earned $15,000 in a single day by selling 4x6 prints on Instagram at $150 a pop. The news of his photo hustle became a viral national media story. Later, when Instagram banned him for a picture of a couple of topless female sunbathers at Brooklyn's Fort Tilden beach, he garnered even more attention.

Works

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Views

Using his iPhone (along with a Contax G2 and Yashica T5), Daniel captures the daily rhythms of New York street life in moments of both high drama and sublime banality. His pictures are characterized by a spirit of the present, while channeling a tradition of street and subway photography. Daniel has a deep attraction to the beauty of strangers, which motivates him to capture personal reflection and subtly emotional autobiography.

Quotations: "People seem to think I'm mean and that my name is Arnold Daniel."

Personality

Informed by his background as a photojournalist, Daniel possesses the rare talent of seeing things before they appear, reminding the viewers, that any unassuming moment can become extraordinary.