In 2012, Daniel Arnold only had 1,500 followers on Instagram. Then a Gawker article called him the platform’s best photographer. Over the next few weeks his fan base grew to 60,000, and two years later The New York Times dubbed him “the William Eggleston of Instagram.” A documentary followed—Daniel Arnold’s New York. Arnold’s photographs capture the unlikely cast of characters you might not notice on the street: an elderly woman buying cigarettes, a distracted boy on the subway, a man with unfortunate tattoos. In 2019, Arnold had his first solo exhibition. This show, his second, documents New Yorkers who rush, stumble, and idle on the city’s sidewalks, navigating delis, buildings, and stores with style and strangeness. —Elena Clavarino
The Arts Intel Report
Daniel Arnold: New York Life
Daniel Arnold, East River Ferry and Brooklyn Bridge, 2013.
When
Oct 27 – Dec 22, 2023
Where
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Photo courtesy of New York Life Gallery