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Daniel Arnold, the American street photographer, talks to NOWNESS for its Photographers in Focus series about his journey and process, and shares his take on New York City.
Daniel is known for his off-guard shots of the citizens of New York, taken everywhere from subway carriages to street parties.
“A crucial thing for me, for a successful photo of mine, is that the story is provided by the viewer. There are no captions. There is no guide book. It’s just how the [expletive] is that real?” he shares.
He also delves into why and how the internet influences his art form. He reflects on how social media has created all-new fantasy worlds and how it takes the old “made-up” architecture of success, accomplishment and creative validation and dismantles it. “It ruins the music business, ruins movies, ruins art. But like, thank god, because it just levels it,” he says.
Watch and listen to Daniel talk about how the immediacy of photos on the internet gives images leverage on people that wasn’t there before.
