"My role as a Horror photographer is to show you what you don't want to see." - Joshua Hoffine
Joshua Hoffine is the father of modern Horror photography.
He stages his photo shoots like small movies, with sets, costumes, props, fog machines, and practical SPFX.
Hoffine coined the term "Horror Photography" in 2003 to describe his first body of work as a photographer. His work exploded on the internet in 2008 when he released a series of images exploring the nature of childhood fears. His widely published images inspired other photographers to stage their own Horror themed photo shoots, inciting a new subgenre in photography.
His Horror photographs have been featured in numerous publications around the world, including Rue Morgue, Fangoria, Horror Hound, Scream UK, Virus, Famous Monsters of Filmland, The Atlantic, Vice, Esquire, Washington Post, Mirror UK, Lamono, Exit, LoDown, Beautiful Bizarre, Suspense Magazine, HuffPost, BuzzFeed, BBC, and ABC News.
12 X 12 Inches | 190 Pages | Color | English
In 2018 Dark Regions Press published a hardbound collection of his photographs titled Joshua Hoffine Horror Photography.
The comprehensive volume spans 13 years of work and includes rare behind-the-scenes photos and artist commentary. A signed and numbered Deluxe Limited Edition of the book was also released bound in leather with a dust jacket and black linen slipcase.
Mirror | 2003
Phobia | 2003
Balloons | 2004
Candy | 2004
SPFX Prop : Jordu Schell
Bedside | 2004
Bed | 2004
Couch | 2004
Swarm | 2005
Basement | 2006
SPFX Prop : Jordu Schell
Snake | 2009
Devil | 2009
Death | 2003
Hands | 2006
Lady Bathory | 2009
Babysitter | 2009
Keyhole | 2009
Robot | 2010
Persephone | 2011
Jack The Ripper | 2012
Bride | 2012
SPFX Prop : BJ Winslow
Asylum | 2012
Last Stand | 2013
SPFX Make-Up : Kosart FX
Door | 2014
Innsmouth | 2015
SPFX Masks : Kosart FX
The Veteran | 2015
SPFX Mask : Kosart FX
The Bride | 2015
SPFX Mask : Kosart FX
The Madame | 2015
SPFX Mask : Kosart FX
The Merchant | 2015
SPFX Mask : Kosart FX
Vampire Baby | 2015
SPFX Prop : Bean Shanine
Parking lot | 2015
SPFX Mask : Jordu Schell
Witch | 2016
SPFX Mask : Midnight Studios FX
Witch Portrait | 2016
SPFX Mask : Midnight Studios FX
Nosferatu | 2016
SPFX Make-Up : Kosart FX