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Joshua Hoffine

"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.

Hoffine Book

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.

Selected images
Mirror

Mirror | 2003

Phobia

Phobia | 2003

Balloons

Balloons | 2004

Candy

Candy | 2004

SPFX Prop : Jordu Schell

Bedside

Bedside | 2004

Bed

Bed | 2004

Couch

Couch | 2004

Swarm

Swarm | 2005

Basement

Basement | 2006

SPFX Prop : Jordu Schell

Snake

Snake | 2009

Devil

Devil | 2009

Death

Death | 2003

Hands

Hands | 2006

Lady Bathory

Lady Bathory | 2009

Babysitter

Babysitter | 2009

Keyhole

Keyhole | 2009

Robot

Robot | 2010

Persephone

Persephone | 2011

Jack the Ripper 1

Jack The Ripper | 2012

Bride

Bride | 2012

SPFX Prop : BJ Winslow

Asylum

Asylum | 2012

Last Stand

Last Stand | 2013

SPFX Make-Up : Kosart FX

Door

Door | 2014

Innsmouth

Innsmouth | 2015

SPFX Masks : Kosart FX

The Veteran

The Veteran | 2015

SPFX Mask : Kosart FX

The Bride

The Bride | 2015

SPFX Mask : Kosart FX

The Madame

The Madame | 2015

SPFX Mask : Kosart FX

The Merchant

The Merchant | 2015

SPFX Mask : Kosart FX

Vampire Baby

Vampire Baby | 2015

SPFX Prop : Bean Shanine

Parking lot ||

Parking lot | 2015

SPFX Mask : Jordu Schell

Witch

Witch | 2016

SPFX Mask : Midnight Studios FX

Witch Portrait

Witch Portrait | 2016

SPFX Mask : Midnight Studios FX

Nosferatu

Nosferatu | 2016

SPFX Make-Up : Kosart FX

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