Daniel Arnold is a street and fashion photographer based in New York City.
Arnold initially distributed his work on Instagram [1] and gained visibility through a viral 2012 Gawker article, in which he was described as "the best photographer on Instagram". [2] Arnold was banned from the service but later returned with a new account, accruing over 60,000 followers by 2014. [1] That same year, Arnold was referred to as "the William Eggleston of Instagram" [1] and "Instagram's ultimate street photographer" [3] in The New York Times and Wired , respectively. Additionally, Arnold was given control of The New Yorker's Instagram account for one week, during which he documented activity on New York City subways. [4] In 2017, his work was featured in the documentary Daniel Arnold's New York, [5] [6] as well as in Vogue, which featured his photographic examinations of life in the Midwest. [7] The following year, he covered the Women's March for Vogue. [8]
Arnold has published two print collections of his work: Locals (2013), with photographs of New York commuters; and Pickpocket (2021), with an afterword by filmmaker Josh Safdie. [9]