“Corey Arnold is a photographer and Alaskan crab fisherman. During October, January and February he can (or cannot) be found aboard the F/V Rollo in the Bering Sea. The rest of the year is packed with travel, gallery exhibitions, magazine and ad photography assignments with a bit of backyard gardening, cat maintenance, and skateboarding in Portland, Oregon.”
It’s a fascinating and challenging lifestyle, which he describes in detail in an interview with PingMag. Recently Arnold has been featured on the cover and in a spread of my favourite lit. magazine, The Paris Review.
Arnold’s live-work-create approach is inspiring. It raises a few provocative questions, a la the 4-Hour Workweek; if life’s not working out for you in the standard way, how can you achieve your dreams in an unorthodox manner? If you are a writer, what sort of day job could you take on that allows the maximum time to ponder and scribble? As a photographer, where could you live and feed your eyes? Could you nurse in Vietnam or Tanzania? Can you become a chef in Antartica? It appears the world is your king crab if you start to think laterally!
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i love the idea of being all up in nature’s grill, so i think the actual work & the idea of working as a fisherman is just so poetic
Hi work is fantastic isn’t it? I got a bit obsessed for a while last year. My friend who is now head of design for huffer is heavily influenced by Corey, as you can probably tell by the direction the label has been heading in. I think they even asked him to shoot their next range!? Not sure if it’s happening though… X
Wow, those are some crazy/wonderful photos.
Re: the actual job – I think it would be quite miserable. Decimating the world’s natural fish population? Might feel a wee bit guilty…
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I have so much love and respect for those who live life on their own terms. SO much respect.
Ginny, that’s amazing to know – I can definitely see the influence now. I luurrvveee Huffer.