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Corey Arnold is an Alaskan fisherman who started out working on boats as a summer job to pay for college. Arnold has appeared on Deadliest Catch, and apparently he gets a lot of fan mail from kids who want to be just like him. He responds with an article (half-blog, half-how-to) describing his adventures in fishing.
Arnold spends a lot of time describing what it’s really like trying to find work, which is something we can all relate to. He also shares his excellent photographs (after all, he was working to pay for art school) of the fishing life. Arnold’s photographs are the major attraction here — it’s truly another world out on the boats.
Worth a read for fans of hard work, photography, and Deadliest Catch. (Note for readers: some coarse language is used.) Also worth a look: Corey Arnold’s photography site.
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wow! thats so cool. so did he ever make it to college? or is this summer job now a real job?
posted by ashley on 5-29-2007 at 11:48 am
higgins,
this stuff is great — nearly blogged it myself! may even make it to his art exhibition here in santa monica this month.
posted by Ransom on 5-29-2007 at 12:44 pm
Ashley – from the article, it sounds like he made it through school. I believe he is both a professional photographer and a fisherman. From his web site:
“Corey Arnold, 31, is a photographer and Alaskan crab fisherman. During October, January, and February you will find him working and photographing aboard the f/v Rollo in the Bering Sea. You may have spotted him aboard the Rollo on the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. Now he keeps his things in Portland, Oregon after spending the last 5 years in Oslo, Norway.”
posted by Higgins on 5-29-2007 at 1:48 pm
Portland, huh? You should look him up! Interview him for the website, even!
posted by Ransom on 5-29-2007 at 5:46 pm