John David Carcache

     John David Carcache is an Alabama-based photographer and printmaker. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Art History from Arizona State University and, after working for five years at a local museum in Auburn, returned to school to complete a BFA from Auburn University with a minor in Graphic Design. Carcache has received multiple scholarships and awards from Auburn and is also a twice-featured photographer on Lomography International’s Home of the Day. He is a three-time scholarship recipient at Penland School of Craft, where he enjoyed more in-depth printmaking techniques including relief, letterpress, and screen printing.

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     For his works in print, Carcache draws inspiration from the Underground Comix movement, gross-out merchandise of the 90s, and Japanese kaiju and yokai films. His tableau photographs elicit thoughts of whimsy while often at the same time offering a feeling of eeriness. He enjoys being in an environment with other creatives who nurture each other’s practices but also sees the value of spending time alone to study himself and his bodies of work.

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     Carcache is an instructional technology specialist, who assists art students with their analog film, laser cutting, vinyl cutting, and 3D printing needs. He is currently working on his family’s 19th-century rural home to become a residency space in which artists may rent weeklong studio stays to work on their own art across the disciplines of darkroom photography, printmaking, painting, and ceramics. During any downtime, he collaborates ideas with his dogs and watches obscure cinema for further research.