W.E.Arnold Photography
~Fine Art Photography~
~Fine Art Photography~
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Artist Statement / Bio
Winston Churchill said, "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without
innovation, it is a corpse." Similar is the principle I try to instill into my photography. I believe that
the products of this art form are best expressed with a strongly established foundation alongside
the boldness to take risks and make choices about one's interpretation of life. Consequently, the
development of my work is done in a comparable manner. The preservation of film development is
very important to me, and it is the only way I choose to produce my photography. It keeps the
artist grounded in his own craft. Be it in a foreign country, or my own, capturing unedited reality
is something I want to unearth. I go hunting for my subject matter; I don't construct it.
I feel that artists owe a lot of their philosophy and values about their craft to the stories and ideals
that compile their background. A Springfield, Ohio native, I was fortunate to receive my
undergraduate degree in Sociology and a minor in art/ photography from Otterbein College in
Westerville, Ohio. While photography was not my main area of study, it is without hesitation that I
spent countless hours in the darkroom teaching myself, learning, experimenting, and harvesting a
passion for the taking and traditional development of pictures. It is here that I discovered the
importance in preserving the ageless technique of developing one’s own photographs. There is
an anchor that holds a photographer to his material, revealing his/her final work in this way. And If
there exists a more fulfilling connection from the artist to the art to the audience, I have not found
it.
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CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Springfield Art Museum, Arts Interface Gallery, Spfld, OH, USA
2008 TAZA, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Shanghai Technical Business Center, Shanghai, China
2006 Advanced Studio Projects, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 "83 Gallery - Spring Opening", Columbus, OH, USA
2010 "Ch..Ch.. Changes", Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2010 “83 Gallery – Bristol Show”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Too Much Photography”, Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “ABERRATION:Kommunikation”, Springfield, OH, USA
2009 “83 Gallery – Holiday Hop”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Columbus - the Crossroads of Ohio”, James A Rhodes State Office Tower,
Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Pulp Art II”, ROY G BIV Gallery & CML Libraries, Columbus, OH USA
2009 “83 Gallery - Summer Hop”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Agora”, Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH, USA
2008 "ImageOHIO 9", ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “ABERRATION:Wintertide”, Springfield, OH, USA
2008 "Agora V", Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH, USA
2008 "83 Gallery - Halloween Hop", Columbus, OH, USA
2008 "Too Much Photography", Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “ABERRATION-V”, Multimedia Exhibition, Spfld, OH, USA
2008 "C-Note Art Show", Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH USA
2008 “Pulp Art: Works on Paper”, ROY G BIV Gallery & CML Libraries, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “Bike+Art = Show”, Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH USA
2008 Kaldis, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Mela Urban Bristo, Spfld, OH, USA
2007 Vinyl, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Jarden, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2006 Works by Students, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, USA
Winston Churchill said, "Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without
innovation, it is a corpse." Similar is the principle I try to instill into my photography. I believe that
the products of this art form are best expressed with a strongly established foundation alongside
the boldness to take risks and make choices about one's interpretation of life. Consequently, the
development of my work is done in a comparable manner. The preservation of film development is
very important to me, and it is the only way I choose to produce my photography. It keeps the
artist grounded in his own craft. Be it in a foreign country, or my own, capturing unedited reality
is something I want to unearth. I go hunting for my subject matter; I don't construct it.
I feel that artists owe a lot of their philosophy and values about their craft to the stories and ideals
that compile their background. A Springfield, Ohio native, I was fortunate to receive my
undergraduate degree in Sociology and a minor in art/ photography from Otterbein College in
Westerville, Ohio. While photography was not my main area of study, it is without hesitation that I
spent countless hours in the darkroom teaching myself, learning, experimenting, and harvesting a
passion for the taking and traditional development of pictures. It is here that I discovered the
importance in preserving the ageless technique of developing one’s own photographs. There is
an anchor that holds a photographer to his material, revealing his/her final work in this way. And If
there exists a more fulfilling connection from the artist to the art to the audience, I have not found
it.
____________________________________________________________________________________
CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Springfield Art Museum, Arts Interface Gallery, Spfld, OH, USA
2008 TAZA, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Shanghai Technical Business Center, Shanghai, China
2006 Advanced Studio Projects, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 "83 Gallery - Spring Opening", Columbus, OH, USA
2010 "Ch..Ch.. Changes", Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2010 “83 Gallery – Bristol Show”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Too Much Photography”, Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “ABERRATION:Kommunikation”, Springfield, OH, USA
2009 “83 Gallery – Holiday Hop”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Columbus - the Crossroads of Ohio”, James A Rhodes State Office Tower,
Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Pulp Art II”, ROY G BIV Gallery & CML Libraries, Columbus, OH USA
2009 “83 Gallery - Summer Hop”, Columbus, OH, USA
2009 “Agora”, Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH, USA
2008 "ImageOHIO 9", ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “ABERRATION:Wintertide”, Springfield, OH, USA
2008 "Agora V", Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH, USA
2008 "83 Gallery - Halloween Hop", Columbus, OH, USA
2008 "Too Much Photography", Mad Lab Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “ABERRATION-V”, Multimedia Exhibition, Spfld, OH, USA
2008 "C-Note Art Show", Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH USA
2008 “Pulp Art: Works on Paper”, ROY G BIV Gallery & CML Libraries, Columbus, OH, USA
2008 “Bike+Art = Show”, Junctionview Studios, Grandview, OH USA
2008 Kaldis, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Mela Urban Bristo, Spfld, OH, USA
2007 Vinyl, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007 Jarden, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2006 Works by Students, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, USA
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