Arlene Collins is a New York City based photographer who specializes in documenting the changing civilizations of people and cultures living in remote areas around the world, where she thrives on photographing in challenging environments and situations.

Since 2000 she has produced and lead international photography workshops to over 20 destinations such as Papua New Guinea, Iran, Kamchatka, Russia, Greenland, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. She also lectures at home and abroad and consults privately with a number of clients on location lighting and how to photograph in the most demanding lighting situations.

She recently co-curated the Second Image of the Silk Road Photography Biennial in Tianshui, China. Arlene has taught numerous workshops throughout the world, including in Lahore, Pakistan, at ROSPHOTO, the Russian State Museum of Photography in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, the Fototeca de Cuba in Havana, Cuba, the Three Shadows Center for Art and Photography in Beijing, China, and she presented her work in Yangon, Myanmar.

Arlene has created several long-term photography essays, including Boxing photographed in New York City, Moscow and Bangkok, and essays on the Rodeo in New Jersey, the Voodoo trail in Togo and Benin in Western Africa, Chernobyl's #4 nuclear reactor and the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, The Birqash Camel (Souq al- Gamaal) Market outside Cairo, and A Hamer Bull Jumping Ceremony in the Southern Omo Valley, Ethiopia. She continues her international travels adding to her ongoing photographic essay on "UNESCO-designated" World Heritage Sites. Her photographs from North Korea were featured on L'Oeil de la Photographie.com and presented at New York Photo Salon.

She is a contributing photographer to the publication 'Workshop Stories changed through photography' (www.workshopstories.com) and her photographs are published in the Lisette Model monograph, The National Gallery of Canada. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of the City of New York and the Brooklyn Museum.

In New York City she has taught in the Photojournalism and Documentary Program at the International Center of Photography and for 11 years she produced and led ICP's international travel photography workshops. Presently, she is an Associate Professor of Photography at Parsons School of Design and during the summers she teaches at the Maine Media Workshops.

Assignments, Licensing, Print and Video Sales

Arlene is available for editorial and corporate assignments anywhere in the world. All photographs and videos on this web site are for sale directly from Arlene Collins.

For assignments, licensing and print sales contact: studio [at]arlene-collins.com