Teaser: Daniel Arnold Leads a Vision Walk at ComplexCon
“How could we possibly get anything good out of what we are given?” Daniel Arnold proposed to everyone before setting out on a photo walk around downtown Long Beach. “How can we not be afraid? How can we do what we need to do to get the pictures we want? If you don’t think about pictures and you just think about that you’ve been given access to this weird new video game level, that you only have for a short time, that you need to take advantage of while you can, and pay attention to how you feel, and pay attention to what’s funny, and pay attention to what’s weird, and what you don't find in your regular life, that, if nothing else, you’re going to have proof of this weird time that we had together that we’ll never have again.” The New York City streets are Daniel Arnold’s life-long photo school, his boot camp and his continuing education. It’s not so much about the pictures he continually reminds us, but the process. “...school is just free outside your door if you have the patience and the time to put into it… It’s just a place to learn how to be in the world. It’s not about the street.” After his Vans Vision Walk at ComplexCon earlier this November, we sat down with Arnold for a conversation about that process.
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