James Carroll was born in Salt Lake City, UT in 1940. He spent hisearly years in Nevada, California, and Long Island and since then haslived in NYC. In his 20s he was drawn to the story-telling power of BxW photographyand studied with Albert Freed, a disciple of Sid Grossman's. Histeaching, with its emphasis on content and meaning, helped focusCarroll's approach to photography. He is mainly interested in people: who they are; their relation toeach other; the interrelationship that exists between subject andphotographer. Major areas of interest have included children, sub-urbanteenagers ('70s), county fairs and amusement parks, Fifth Avenue ('90s),Central Park, and the new Times Square. His work has been published by the New York Times, PopulationBulletin, American Prospect,Venture, the Fresh Air Fund, the FordFoundation, and by numerous college textbook publishers. Trade publishers that have included his work are Time-Life Books andEastman Kodak.

Photographic publishers include Lightwork, CameraMainichi (Japan), BxW Magazine, and LensCulture. His work is in public collections including those of the Universityof Rochester, the Richard Dry Library of Buffalo, NY, the New YorkPublic Library, and the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris. A past recipient of a CAPS grant (NYSCA) to photograph Westchester Co.teenagers, he was also a finalist for the Honickman First Book Prize(5th Avenue essay).