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Email: chris@arnade.com
Twitter: @Chris_arnade


I am presently working on a series on addiction in the South Bronx: Faces of Addiction.

A few recent pieces on my work in the Press
NY Times
Gawker
Le Monde
Tampa Bay Times
Flavorwire
Mother Jones
Gothamist
Huffingtonpost
66squarefeet
Nice write up on my gallery show: Jorge Quinteros

Its very easy to simply run with your crowd, to not explore the amazing diversity and perspectives that are offered. Its also very easy to ignore others. By not looking, by not talking to them, we can often fall into constructing our own narrative that affirms our limited world view. What I am hoping to do, by allowing my subjects to share their dreams and burdens with the viewer and by photographing them with respect, is to show that everyone, regardless of their station in life, is as valid as anyone else.

This wonderful quote from Katherine Boo, about the slums of India, is a nice summary of what I try to capture in my pictures. "There's some way in which we would prefer not to see very clearly the immense gifts and intelligence of some of the people who live in our most abject conditions. Maybe there are some things at work in deciding who gets to be society's winners and who gets to be society's losers that don't have to do with merit."

I post peoples stories as they tell them to me. I am not a journalist, I don't try to verify, just listen.

I get so many questions on the technical side, so here is the deal: I shoot with a Nikon D700, almost always with a 50mm f/1.4 lens, and mostly in manual mode. What little post production I do is with Lightroom to adjust colors and intensities.

You are welcome to link to my pictures, but please ask for permission first and give credit.


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Thanks
Chris