Granville
Carroll



Because the Sun Hath Looked Upon Me

Granville Carroll (b. 1992) is an educator and Afrofuturist photographer currently based in Rochester, NY. Carroll received a BFA in photography from Arizona State University and a MFA in photography and related media from Rochester Institute of Technology. His work explores the relationship between the external material world and the imaginative, and vulnerable inner space of the mind. He explores this curiosity through the intersection of art, spirituality, science, and philosophy. The use of digital technology, such as Photoshop, allows him to act as an architect of time, space, energy and matter, becoming a co-creator in the physical realm.

Carroll’s work has been exhibited in the USA and featured on multiple online platforms and publications.

Granville's List of Inspirations

Books

  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

  • Warrior of The Light by Paulo Coelho

  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

  • Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

  • A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt

  • African Cosmos by Stellar Arts

  • Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha Womack

  • Sphere by Michael Crichton

  • Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

  • Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit

  • Jerry Uelsmann: Other Realties

  • Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…




Music

  • India Arie

  • Trevor Hall

  • Alice Coltrane

  • East Forest

  • Goapele

  • Andrew Belle

  • Bon Iver

  • Haux

  • Khrystal

  • Luca Fogale

  • Damian Marley

  • Nas

  • Erykah Badu

  • Nina Simone

  • Kid Cudi

  • Clear Conscience

  • Cloud Cult

  • Sol Rising

Movies/TV

  • Interstellar

  • Freedom Writers

  • 2001 Space Odyssey

  • Black Panther

  • For All Mankind

  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

  • Raising Dion

  • Stargate Universe

  • Stargate Atlantis

  • Magicians

  • Prometheus

  • Midnight Gospel





Podcast

  • On Being with Krista Tippet

  • The Back Shutter

  • StarTalk Radio

  • PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf