Background
Carol grew up in Jericho, New York and later attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research where he studied under Lisette Model.
Carol grew up in Jericho, New York and later attended the School of Visual Arts and The New School for Social Research where he studied under Lisette Model.
He is a contributing editor and writer for Photo District News" Emerging Photographer series. He is also a writer at Rangefinder Magazine, authoring a column entitled "Photo Finish." Carol"s first book, (2004), a collection of photographs from 1993–2003, and second book,, 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 lucite box, a contraption which Carol calls a "non-book".