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