David Jeffrey Carol (born August 23, 1958) is the editor-in-chief of Peanut Press, which he co-founded with Ashly Stohl, and the author of a number of photography books. He is the former Director of Photography at

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and was a contributing editor and writer for Photo District News' Emerging Photographer series. He was also a writer at Rangefinder Magazine, authoring a column entitled "Photo Finish."

Biography

Carol grew up in

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and later attended the

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and

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where he studied under

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. Carol's first book, ''40 Miles of Bad Road...'' (2004), a collection of photographs from 1993 to 2003, and second book, ''All My Lies are True...'' (2009), were each selected as "Best Book of the Year" by Photo District News. His third 'book', ''"This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things!"'' (2011), was in fact a collection of photographs stored inside a

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box, a contraption which Carol calls a "non-book." His fourth book, ''No Plan B'' (2016), was a retrospective of 32 black-and-white photographs published in conjunction with his 2017 exhibition at the Leica Gallery in

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Books

* ''40 Miles of Bad Road...'' Chicago, IL: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2004. Edited by Abby Robinson, with an afterword by

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. * ''All My Lies are True...'' Kabloona, 2009. * ''This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things!.'' Kabloona, 2011. With an essay by Jodi Peckman. Edition of 251. * ''Where's the Monkey?.''

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, Southport, England: 2013. Edition of 250. * ''Here's The Deal.'' Café Royal, Southport, England: 2014. Edition of 150. * ''All My Pictures Look The Same.'' Café Royal, Southport, England: 2014. Edition of 250. *''No Plan B.'' Peanut Press, Los Angeles, CA: 2016. With an essay by

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References

External links

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Peanut Press'David Carol: Photographing the Absurdity of Life'
at The Leica Camera Blog
'David Carol: An Interview with an Irreverent Master'
by Aline Smithson at Lenscratch American photographers People from Jericho, New York 1958 births Living people {{US-photographer-stub