The cool thing about Joshua Hoffine's photos is that he doesn't use Photoshop to create the scenarios, only to touch up color/saturation/etc. That being said, I assume he's got mad hookups in the taxidermist and makeup industries.Most of the photos in his gallery involve death, doom, or childhood fears. "I believe that the horror story is ultimately concerned with the imminence and randomness of death, and the implication that there is no certainty to existence. The experience of horror resides in this confrontation with uncertainty. Horror tells us that our belief in security is delusional, and that the monsters are all around us."
One look at his photos and my mind immediately comes up with a story, of what's happening in the photo, the events leading up to it, and what happens afterwards. Here's my take on this photo: This lady was a skank. On the day of her wedding she consorted with an old flame, or even the Best Man. Unfortunately for her, the hotel where they had the wedding was possessed (a la The Overlook Hotel) and started eating up everyone. Based on the rules of horror movie making, the skank was one of the first to get her due.
Childhood Fears
Joshua Hoffine Website
He's also got a great blog that details the behind the scenes process of these photos.
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it looks like a lot of fun to do since he goes all out to stage the shoot. i can just imagine the christmas family pictures they send to people, haha
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