David J. Carol - No Plan B

David J. Carol’s exhibition (and book), NO PLAN B, is a retrospective of his uniquely humorous and often surreal personal work from the 1990s to the present. This series of images is a culmination of David’s “road trips” from the Arctic Ocean to post-Soviet Russia, from the Mojave Desert to the streets of Istanbul. 

Check out his feature on the Leica Camera Blog, Photographing the Absurdity of Life.

The collection will debut on March 23, 2018 with an opening reception at 7:30pm, and be available for public viewing from March 1, 2018 through May 15, 2018. 

About David: David J. Carol is a photographer, writer, curator, editor, teacher, lecturer and publisher. He attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research where he studied under Lisette Model. He was the first assignment photographer for The Image Bank photo agency (now part of Getty Images) at the age of 26. He recently retired after 25+ years as the Director of Photography at Outfront Media (formerly CBS Outdoor) to become the Editor-in-Chief of Peanut Press Books. He loves giving photographers a platform to share and discuss their work with the photographic community. He is able to do this as a contributing writer to Rangefinder Magazine and PDN as well as doing portfolio reviews at such varied venues as The Palm Springs Photo Festival, PhotoPlus Expo in NYC, ASMP Fine Art, APA, Filter Photo Festival in Chicago, Slow Exposures Festival in Georgia, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado and The Savannah College of Art and Design.

David is the author of four monographs, 40 Miles of Bad Road..., ALL MY LIES ARE TRUE..., "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!" and his latest book, NO PLAN B. He also completed a trilogy of books, "Where's the Monkey?", "Here's the Deal!" and "All My Pictures Look the Same." with Cafe Royal Books, London.

David's other work experiences include editing and sequencing photo books, curating photo shows, and being a judge for contests at multiple magazines and universities, including the prestigious PDN Photo Annual since 2003. He has also given lectures/workshops on his own work and photography in general at SCAD, SVA, ASMP, photo-eye gallery, The Center for Alternative Photography: Penumbra Foundation, Out of Chicago Festival, PhotoPlus Expo, Filter Photo Festival, SlowExposure Festival and The Center for Fine Art Photography to mention a few.

David's photographs and/or books are in the permanent collections of over 50 libraries and museums including:

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 
The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Tate Gallery Special Collection, London, UK
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
Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, UK
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Reader’s Digest Collection, Pleasantville, NY
British Library, London, UK
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

To view more of David's work, visit his website.