Corey Arnold (born March 25, 1976) is an American fine art, documentary, and commercial photographer and commercial fisherman, based in

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. His work explores man's relationship with the natural world, animals, and environmental issues with a primary focus on the Alaskan wilderness. Since 2002 he has photographed his life at sea while working as a

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crab fisherman and during his summers as a captain of a

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sockeye salmon The sockeye salmon (''Oncorhynchus nerka''), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a ...

fishing boat in

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Early life and education

Arnold was born in Vista, California, and grew up there. He has discussed the positive influence of his father, an avocado farmer, sport fisherman, and a photography enthusiast. Arnold and his father fished together throughout Arnold's childhood, including going to Alaska in the summers where Arnold first witnessed the Alaskan commercial fishing industry. Arnold attended

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and earned his BFA in Photography at the

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in San Francisco, California.

Career

After graduating from college, Arnold decided to find work in Alaskan fisheries and photograph his experiences. He has said, "The sea is a great mystery to me. You never know what might show up in the net, pot, or hook. I love to photograph the creatures that we encounter: seabirds, marine mammals, octopus, the waves, the weather and the men and woman who live for it. I want give the viewer a visceral experience of what fish-work is all about. I also aim to educate the public about where our food comes from and talk about ways that commercial fishing and environmentalism can co-exist." This body of work became ''Fish-Work,'' an ongoing photography project documenting Arnold's experiences of life at sea. Two years into his career as a Bering Sea fisherman, the

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show

Deadliest Catch ''Deadliest Catch'' is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing ...

began filming. Arnold appears in Season Two of Deadliest Catch, and one of his photographs ran on a billboard in

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advertising the show. His photographs have been exhibited widely and published in ''

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'', '' California Sunday Magazine'', ''

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'', and '' Juxtapoz'', among others.

Awards and grants

* 2017

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– 1st Place Feature Photo Story for "Unplugging the Selfie Generation" National Geographic Magazine

Published books

Two books on Arnold's work have been published by

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: a 2011

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entitled ''Fish-Work: The Bering Sea'' and a 2011 titled ''Fishing with My Dad 1978–1995''.

Personal life

Arnold has worked seasonally as a commercial fisherman in Alaska since 1995, including seven years of crabbing in the Bering Sea aboard the f/v Rollo. He now captains a commercial gillnetter, harvesting wild and sustainable sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska while living seasonally in an abandoned salmon cannery complex called Graveyard Point. Arnold is a vocal opponent to the proposed

Pebble Mine Pebble Mine is the common name of a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna and Lake Clark. It was discovered in 1987, optioned by Northern Dynasty Minerals in 2001, ex ...

in Alaska. Arnold's cat, Kitty, has been featured in his photographs and was on board the f/v Rollo for two Bering Sea crab seasons. Arnold has said, "She would climb around in the maze of stacked crab pots on deck stalking seabirds. I caught her sneaking up on an eagle that was 5 times her size once, so after that we decided to lock her up in eagle country. She was almost too fearless. She'd come out on deck and stand under dangling 800-pound crab pots. Now she's fat, sleeps all day, and destroys my power cords when she's hungry." He has said that his photograph "Kitty and Horse Fisherman" is "probably the defining photo of my career. It captures a bit of everything I'm interested in as a photographer: The relationship between humans and animals, life at sea, and a bit of strangeness that leaves you with unanswered questions."

References

External links

Official site of Corey Arnold“Aleutian Dreams: Life as an Alaskan Fisherman“, The Guardian Online“Dirty Birds“, The California Sunday Magazine“Unplugging the Selfie Generation”, National Geographic Magazine“Photographs: Corey Arnold Fish-Work,” The Paris Review"Corey Arnold's Aleutian Dreams", Juxtapoz Magazine
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