12. TrooRa The San Francisco Issue ‘21

“I remember going through old photographs in my parent’s house and coming across a stack of mounted portraits in black and white. My father...had taken photographs of people he had met on the road and they were absolutely striking,” she recalls. As Arnold began to explore photography and develop her own style, she remembers, “I grew up around a lot of music and musicians. When I picked up my camera as a teenager and started documenting everything around me, it was only a matter of time before I started documenting the musicians in my life.” Little did she know as a teenager how far that would take her. Throughout the following years, Arnold continued to explore her style and develop her career in photography. One of the major events that impacted her trajectory was her move to San Francisco. She remarked, “San Francisco changed everything for me. When I moved here, I was invited in with open arms to a community of truly talented musicians across

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