Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

I recently explored salmon culture in the Pacific Northwest for a fourteen page feature story in National Geographic Traveler Magazine to accompany words by Langdon Cook. We followed the Brigham family as they harvested chinook on the Columbia River via dipnetting, hoopnetting, setnetting, and sold fish at their native owned Brigham fish market in Cascade Locks. I also attended a First Foods ceremony by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, photographed Yakima Nation dipnetters in the Klickitat river, dined with chef John Sundstrom at Lark Restaurant, and was nearly clobbered by flying fish at the Pike Place Fish Market. Here are some of the tearsheets and additional images from the shoot:

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Big Fish Tale, National Geographic Traveler. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019

Native American fishing sisters Kim and Terrie Brigham collect spring chinook salmon from their subsistence hoop nets on platforms they built near the Bridge of the Gods and Cascade Locks, Oregon. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019 for National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

Terrie Brigham with a chinook salmon caught in a hoop net in the Columbia River. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019 for National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

A morning trip on the Columbia river gilnetting for chinook salmon with captain Terrie Brigham from Cascade Locks, Oregon. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019 for National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

Chinook Salmon pass by the viewing windows at the Bonneville Dam fish ladder on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019 for National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

The Gunnier Family, a Yakima tribe family from Washington, holding their catch of chinook salmon on the Klickitat river. Photos copyright Corey Arnold 2019 for National Geographic Traveler Magazine.

Hansberg, 2013, 39×52 inches. Photo copyright Corey Arnold 2019.

I have a new exhibition on the wall at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland, Oregon. Hope to see you all at the reception on Thursday, April 4, 2019!

Hornsund: Photographs by Corey Arnold
March 21 – April 27, 2019
Opening reception: First Thursday, April 4th, 5 – 8pm
Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR

Press Release:

“In 2013, I landed by ship at the Polish Polar Station, an outpost maintained by Polish scientists located on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in a fjord named Hornsund. At 77ËšN latitude, the station is a rare human outpost in the far North, on an island with few year-round inhabitants aside from native polar bears, arctic foxes, and an abundance of tiny reindeer. In early September the sky never grows dark, and I spent long days trekking across chossy valleys and crumbling mountains, exploring the many glaciers that rest and rumble within a 24-hour walk. Some days I’d join a glaciologist on their mission across vast glacial landscapes to check their field instruments and on other days, I would walk alone hauling a heavy backpack of camera equipment with an old WWII rifle strapped to my back for protection from white bears.” –Corey Arnold

Charles A. Hartman Fine Art is excited to present Hornsund, an exhibition of stunning new work by world renowned photographer Corey Arnold. Made in 2013 in association with Project-Pressure and shown here for the first time, this compelling suite of images explores an otherworldly landscape on the front lines of climate change. Arnold’s photographs depict a vast landscape that is both beautiful and delicate, remote and unknown. Scientists, equipment and inquisitive reindeer inhabit a landscape that is rarely seen yet essential to life as we know it, and now on the cusp of vast change. This is Corey Arnold’s sixth solo exhibition art Charles A. Hartman Fine Art. It is not to be missed.

Corey Arnold is a fine art photographer and Alaskan commercial fisherman based in Portland, Oregon. His work examines humanity’s relationship with the natural world including animals, food production, and environmental issues. Since 2002, he has photographed his life at sea working as a Bering Sea crab fisherman and documented his summers captaining a sockeye salmon fishing boat in Alaska. In the off-season he continues to explore the worldâ€s commercial fisheries in an ongoing project entitled Fish-Work.

His photographs have been exhibited worldwide and published in Harpers, The New Yorker, New York Times LENS, Art Ltd, Rolling Stone, Time, Outside, National Geographic and The Paris Review among others. Two books of Corey’s photography including Fish-Work: The Bering Sea and Fishing with My Dad. His third book, Aleutian Dreams, will be published this fall by Nazraeli Press.

Glaciologist, 2013, 20×27 inches. Photo copyright Corey Arnold 2019.

Arctic Laser, 2013, 20×27 inches.  Photo copyright Corey Arnold 2019.

Crevasse Crossing, 2013, 20×27 inches.  Photo copyright Corey Arnold 2019.

Glacial Wave, 2013, 39×52 inches.  Photo copyright Corey Arnold 2019.

Hornsund installation at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR

Hornsund installation at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR

Hornsund installation at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR

Time Magazine – July 11, 2016

Time Magazine recently created a double issue (July 11 / July 18, 2016) named 240 Reasons to Celebrate America Right Now . The article seems to be an attempt to counter all the negativity surrounding the current political standoff and general feeling that America is heading in the wrong direction as polls conclude.  It’s a breath of fresh air in my opinion… there is a lot to love about our country if you take a step back and look at the big picture.  TIME asked me if I had any good news ideas to share and of course the first thing that came to mind are the epic Sockeye Salmon runs that have been returning to Bristol Bay, Alaska. Bristol Bay produced the third largest Sockeye Salmon runs since 1960, 58 million fish!!  With all the doom and gloom news about the state of our oceans in the media these days, it’s time to start talking about what IS working.  Bristol Bay is kicking ass, and this summer we experienced another huge salmon run with at least 49 million Sockeye returning to spawn in Bristol Bay rivers.  Thanks to excellent management by the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, there is no end in sight to the bounty of sustainably harvested Bristol Bay Salmon.

TIME interviewed me about my recent experience running a salmon set net operation in Bristol Bay and published this spread, an image I made of brother/sister duo Krystal Foote and Reid TenKley of Iliamna Fish Co.  hand hauling a net full of Sockeye.  Thanks ya’ll for another fine season at Graveyard Point.

Photo: Corey Arnold for Time Magazine

Filson, the iconic fishing and hunting… outdoor brand recently featured my work and an interview on their blog, Filson-Life.  I’m also excited to be opening an exhibition of Fish-Work images at the Filson Portland store tonight between 5:30-7:30.  Come by for snacks. refreshments, photos and storytelling about life working as a fisherman in Alaska.  Directions to Filson Portland are here.

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

It was a great honor to work with the fish centric journalist Paul Greenberg on a feature story last year for the beautiful California Sunday Magazine. I visited scientists, conservationists, and fishermen to visually piece together the story of the evolution of the groundfish industry in California.  You can read the online version here and see a few of the tearsheets from the March 1, 2015 issue below .

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

Corey Arnold featured in The California Sunday Magazine

Corey Arnold featured in Harpers Magazine, January 2015

Corey Arnold featured in Harpers Magazine, January 2015

The January 2015 issue of Harper’s Magazine featured a couple of images from my “Wildlife” Exhibition which was on display during November 2014 at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland, OR. Adak Foam and Fight or Flight are two new images, part of an ongoing series exploring the unique experience of man and nature in the Aleutian Islands. I’m so grateful to be included in Harper’s!

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Thanks to all that came out for my recent opening at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland, Oregon. The show is up thru Saturday, November 29,  closed on Thanksgiving but open Black Friday 1-5 pm for those who missed it. The following are install shots along with snaps from the opening made by Eugenie Frerichs. Really happy to have received some nice press from National Geographic Proof Blog, the Portland Mercury, along with upcoming coverage by Lenscratch, Harpers, and more.  A selection of images from Wildlife will also be heading to the AIPAD Photography Show during April 2015 in New York City.  Thanks to everyone for the support!

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife at Charles Hartman Fine Art. photos: Corey Arnold.

Wildlife at Charles Hartman Fine Art. photos: Corey Arnold.

Wildlife at Charles Hartman Fine Art. photos: Corey Arnold.

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Wildlife exhibition at Charles Hartman Fine Art. Photographs by Corey Arnold

Fight or Flight, 2014, 30×44 inches. photo: Corey Arnold

I’ve been on the road quite a lot the past few years.  This exhibition is a selection of encounters unique encounters with animals during my time far from home. Please join me at the opening November 6, 2014 from 5-8pm at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland, Oregon.  Show runs through November 29.

Photo: Corey Arnold / After All Night / 20×29 inches

Info about the Benefit:

Connect the Dots – PCNW Benefit
October 24, 2014
415 Westlake, Seattle, Washington
6pm

“Connect The Dots” brings those creating photography (artists) together with those experiencing photography (audience), through cocktails, conversation, a plated dinner, silent and live auction, and a raise the paddle donation opportunity. This year, in addition to highlighting photographers we support and who support us, we are featuring ten photography galleries locally and nationally who are an important part of the arts ecosystem. PCNW will be announcing a new program at the benefit that creates opportunities for artists and audiences to connect.

Featured programs include Charles A Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR; G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle; MIA Gallery, Seattle; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco; Craig Krull, Los Angeles; Clampart, New York and others. Donating artists include Shen Wei, Jock Sturges, Sylvia Plachy, Meghann Riepenhoff, Jenny Riffle, Gerald Slota, Glenn Rudolph, Corey Arnold and others.

Finnmark Road in Orion Magazine – photo by Corey Arnold

Orion Magazine recently published an image I shot on the road in Finnmark, Norway a while back.  If you’ve never read Orion, its time.  You won’t regret it! Above is the contents spread in the Nov/December 2013 issue out now.