Hugh Arnold’s underwater photographs are a metaphorical map of human development — what it means to age, to love, to connect, and to struggle. Elemental in material and theme, his works do more than document bodies in motion. They capture bodies in resistance.

    Born in Chester, England and trained as an actor, Hugh Arnold began his photographic career in the fashion world, producing work for publications such as Vogue, Harpers + Queen, Marie Claire, Elle, and Glamour and shooting worldwide cosmetic campaigns.

    After many years in the field, Arnold resolved to create fine artwork independent of commercial constraint. Drawing from his past on the stage and love of diving, he orchestrates his subjects into complex and emotional underwater compositions — impossible to produce on land. Today, his large-scale photographic prints enrich private collections around the world, from New York to Paris, Los Angeles to Sydney.