Crabbing, Fishing, Whaling, Cat Petting, Gardening, Arctic Living, World Travel, Hi-Fiving Photography by Portlander Corey Arnold
Man, its been awhile. King crab season was calm and lovely for the most part but the crab were skiddish and it took twice as long to catch our quota. Two weeks instead of one? I’ve got nothing to complain about. Lots of news! But I’ll save it for the next post.
Outside Magazine is featuring one of my photos on the last page in the August issue. Nice people over there. This month, there’s a really nice article about ski culture in Iran. Who knew? Oh, and I just discovered that the Norwegian whaling story I photographed for Outside last year is now online. My portraits accompany a well written article by Philip Armour.
The Deadliest Catch box set for season 3 is out. My portrait of Matt is on the cover (he found it a bit embarrassing)
We’re still in Alaska and have just completed our third tour for Opilio Crab aboard the Rollo. Tonight we leave for the Pribilof Islands to hunt the illusive Bairdi Crab. There is no money to be made off this lousy crab and we are in for possibly a “hell on earth” experience. At least my kitty is on board to contort and hang upside-down for entertainment. This month Blackpool Magazine out of Paris has printed a large portfolio of my images. I haven’t seen it yet, but appears to be a great mag which, like Fecal Face, mixes art with a touch of skateboard culture.
Hi, I’m changing my status to U.S. resident for at least the next year. After crab season which starts for me in a week, My official home will be in Portland, Oregon and I have a new phone number:503-853-2050. The Fishermen’s News has been using some pics lately. They are an old school commercial fishing newspaper out of Seattle. I’m off to Alaska in one week for another King Crab season so email response could be a bit spotty!
Another King crab season has come and gone. Rationalization has claimed the jobs of at least 800 crabbers. The Rollo will luckily continue to fish. Discovery Channel filmers Jeff and Todd kept us talking. Meanwhile coreyfishes has been busy shooting stills for the Discovery Channel, Dagbladet Søndag, and Widerø airlines magazine in Norway. Ripe Magazine out of Vancouver has some Coreyfishes images inside, and Stay Honest magazine in NYC will have a nice series of my horny cat coming out soon. The Coreyfishes exhibition “Crabbing in the Bering Sea: photographs from the F/V Rollo 2003-2005″ at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle opened on Thursday. A nice turn out and a lovely spread of cheeses and pickled herring as well as an open bar made for a pleasant evening that quickly became morning. The photos will be up until the end of February. Anyone thinking about buying a print should consider it a fundraiser for my Norway fishing project!
