In Rücksicht auf meine zartbesaiteten Leser habe ich hier nur eine kleine Auswahl der "harmloseren" Horror-Fotografien von Joshua Hoffine abgebildet, weitaus gruseliger, bizarrer und spinnenbeiniger wird es seinem Portfolio.

I stage my photo shoots like small movies, with sets, costumes, elaborate props, fog machines, and special effects make-up. I use hotlights rather than strobes, because they give me better fog effects as well as a warming color shift. My images are not photoshop collages. I use photoshop to finesse details and to adjust color and contrast for printing. I use friends and family members as actors and crew. Everyone works for free. We do it for fun.

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.

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