Arnold Doren - Photographer
People
Doren photographed people on the streets, at festivals and in their own environments for decades. The Americana Series was his favorite and largest grouping of images. He traveled throughout the United States and dedicated most summers to shooting new images. Series on Italy, Greece, China and Scotland were among his other extended endeavors.
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Doren set up a booth with white backdrop and a medium-format camera to capture some participants in the annual Harley Davidson Rally at Sturgis, South Dakota. Approximately 400,000 people attended this festival celebrating the experience of freedom and the open road that is a legend for Harley riders. ( gelatin silver print)
Doren did a series called "Children People" which was ongoing for forty years. The creativity of children and the imaginative things they often said, drew or painted were inspiration for Doren.
Doren used all formats of film including this 4x5 view camera to document street scenes in New York and nature both in the city and nearby locations such as Nantucket. (gelatin silver print)
Doren set up a booth with white backdrop and a medium-format camera to capture some participants in the annual Harley Davidson Rally at Sturgis, South Dakota. Approximately 400,000 people attended this festival celebrating the experience of freedom and the open road that is a legend for Harley riders. gelatin silver print
Doren spent about a month photographing people in Scotland (1980) and used those images for a comparison study with Americans. He called it the Scottish American Series and the goal was to show similarities in the cultures. (gelatin silver print)
Doren's preference in portraiture was an environmental setting appropriate for the person. In this ideal setting the solitude and beauty is seductive. (gelatin silver print)
Doren often took portraits of his neighbors in New York and North Carolina. The patterned dress with patterned wall paper and window lighting were important elements in this informal study. (gelatin silver print)
Maine was one of Doren's favorite destinations and the home state of his brother, Morrie. (gelatin silver print)
When Doren took this photograph, the old man was not pleased because it took several minutes to read the meter and then to re-load the Rolleiflex camera. Doren explained that the camera was almost as old as the man and could not move quickly. The story worked well. (gelatin silver print)
Doren documented many youth subcultures from the counter-culture of the 1960s to the Punk Rockers and Skin Heads of the 1980s.
Doren shot music events at several venues in New York. This one was at the Museum of Modern Art.
Cape Cod and Nantucket were areas that Doren visited regularly beginning in the late 1960s. His outgoing personality put people at ease while he made photographs. (Gelatin silver print)
This is one of the people Doren spotted along the roadside in Oklahoma. (gelatin silver print)
The face of America is composed of the land and its people. Here Doren captured two family members diligently working to gather scallops.
The parking lot of the Grateful Dead shows were usually packed with campers for a few days before the performance as dead-headers socialized. This was in the parking lot of the Greensboro Coliseum.
The Santa Fe and Taos areas provided numerous photographic opportunities for portraits and landscape shots. Aside from photographing daily, Doren collected artifacts and antique photographs from this region. He visited and admired Laura Gilpin among other artists in the area.
The Santa Fe and Taos areas provided numerous photographic opportunities for portraits and landscape shots. Aside from photographing daily, Doren collected artifacts and antique photographs from this region. He visited and admired Laura Gilpin among other artists in the area.
