With You Are What You Do, Loose Joints presents a new monograph by Daniel Arnold, long considered one of the most distinctive and driven figures in contemporary street photography. Over the last fifteen years, Arnold has carved out a singular presence in the city’s visual culture, known for his unfiltered encounters with strangers and for projects that stretch from collaborations with the Safdie brothers to assignments at the Met Gala.

Arnold’s way of looking is grounded in a stubborn attention to the passing, human instant — the kind most people miss. In a city as layered and contradictory as New York, that attention opens up a wide emotional register, revealing a photographer who can move easily between sharp humor and quiet vulnerability.

His work clearly sits within the long tradition of New York street photography, carrying its restlessness, swagger, and sense of absurdity. But this book pushes further. Beneath the surface energy, there’s a steady current of empathy — a willingness to stay with moments that are awkward, fragile, or unresolved. Joy and discomfort often share the same frame. Scenes unfold without direction, like fragments of a film shot in real time. Even images made on fashion sets or during film productions fold naturally into this flow, never feeling separate from the street itself.

Drawn from an extensive archive, the book takes on a wide, open format that gives breathing room to Arnold’s distinctive tone — dry, observant, and often quietly tragic. The sequencing resists spectacle, instead building a loose, expansive portrait of the city. From polished, high-profile environments to overlooked, everyday corners, You Are What You Do holds all of it together, tracing a generous and attentive map of New York and the people who animate it.