If you're as big a fan of the weird and wonderful (and slightly disturbing) as I am, then you will go nuts for Joshua Hoffine.
His photography is definitely a departure from the usual artsy pictures you find people snapping these days. For a start, it challenges your nerves and messes with your mind, consisting mainly of scenarios that we we all hid under the duvet from when we were children.
This photography truly is horror, and whilst some of it is mildly amusing and mocking of our childhood fears, there are a few pictures in amongst them that will genuinely send a shiver down your spine (depending of course, on your personal phobias).
For me, the most unnerving shots are 'Gas Mask Child' and 'Lady Bathory'. Whilst they both seem to be at distant ends of the fear spectrum, they evoke memories that I'd much rather forget - Gas Mask Child draws back to a very vivid recurring dream I had as a child, and Lady Bathory (whilst I find the story of Countess Bathory an intruiging one) plays on my hemophobia, which of course is a fear of blood. A strange fear to have for someone who is as obsessed with gory movies as I am.
You yourself might find that none of the pictures stir feelings for you, but you have to agree nonetheless that these are definite works of art, not only in terms of content, but for the sheer magnitude of work that goes into them. Every little detail is checked and checked again, effects are created from the ground up and even Joshua's own friends and family (including his children) are drafted in as technical support or the subjects of the piece. It's a real family affair by all accounts.
I recommend that you read his blog to learn just how hard he works.
For your viewing pleasure.... Joshua Hoffine.
dude yeah, i've seen his stuff before. i really like it, although some of it is pretty fucked up, like the dead mother surrounded by cockroaches in bed with her daughter.
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