David Carol

David Carol was born in New York City. He attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research where he studied under Lisette Model. He has been traveling and taking pictures for himself and others for over twenty years. David is a contributing writer for Rangefinder Magazine with a monthly column called Photo Finish. He is also a weekly contributing writer for Emerging Photographer Magazine. David is the author of the three photography books listed below: His first book 40 Miles of Bad Road... was a ten year retrospective of his personal work from 1993 through 2003 with an afterward by Anne Wilkes Tucker photography curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. His second book All My Lies are True... is a collection of photographs taken throughout his twenty-five year career. His latest book is actually a non-book called "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!" The non-book contains 40 photographs and 14 accompanying text plates unbound in a clear Lucite enclosure with an essay by Jodi Peckman, Creative Director and Director of Photography at Rolling Stone Magazine. His photographs and books are in the permanent collections of various museums and corporations, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Art, Washington DC The International Center of Photography, New York, NY Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH Block Museum, Chicago, IL Fogg Art Museum, Boston MA Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA Reader's Digest Collection, Pleasantville, NY The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX Museum of the City of New York, NY David's work has been represented by or shown at the following Galleries: Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL. Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY National Arts Club, New York, NY John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Neikrug Gallery, New York, NY Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY Tulla Booth Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY Feist Gallery, Hoboken, NJ Alfus Gallery, Hoboken, NJ Zoom Show, Paris, France