About
Bernd Arnold works and lives in Cologne, Germany.
The central photographs are divided into cycles and evolve over the years from an interplay of independent and commissioned editorial and corporate works, book and exhibition projects.
Bernd Arnold´s dominant theme in arts is „Power and Ritual“ which he seizes for example in politics, the catholic church, the economic world, demimonde and television studios. The cycles deals with the staging of leadership, control and religion as it is practised in modern society.
The election campaigns for the German Bundestag are an ideal occasion to explore strategies of production and self-production across all political parties. This cycle is a work about the endeavour of shading light on the precisely calculated gestures of the actors of these public orchestration, their success in radiate aspects of power and its fascination. Photographed in the years 1986 to 2017 (work in progress).