David Carol: An Interview with an Irreverent Master

The name David Carol may sound familiar. He writes the Emerging Photographer Column for PDN and is a regular contributor to Rangefinder Magazine with his Photo Finish column. He’s a taste maker and booming voice in the fine art community (often juroring

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Take your work seriously, but not yourself. Have fun with it and don’t worry about being in shows, making books or selling your work. Just focus on taking pictures that please and satisfy you. If, let’s say after 10 or 15 years you have enough good stuff to make a book or have a show that’s fantastic. But at the end of the day if you’re gonna commit your life to doing this, you better be taking the photos that make you happy.