A warning, there may be sensitive images in this post. The horror genre is not exclusive to the seventh art. Artists from all over the world strive to create images that make your skin crawl when you look at them. The aesthetic that horror photographers frame is as elaborate as the best horror film. Gore and fear will accompany these dates, with gloomy, grotesque, and disturbing scenes. Here we present the 10 most notable horror photographers of the moment.
Alex Stoddard
This American photographer based in the city of Los Angeles has some kind of fixation with diabolical possessions, priests, and probably the Exorcist movie. His images address the topic of Christianity and satanic rituals, and in his photos, you will find many crosses carved directly into the flesh of the models he photographs.
Diane Arbus
This North American photographer is an expert in finding horrible situations, in everyday life, in common characters, who are naturally creepy. The subtle and casual way with which he captures people, real people of diverse and strange categories, and the expert angle to find the lost, misplaced glances of his photographic objectives, create an atmosphere that will ultimately leave you in shock. on end.
Joel Peter Witkin
This North American photographer, born in 1939, is ultimately the father of horror photography. The concept of still life takes on a new meaning in the work of this lens artist. His experience with death goes back to his childhood when while returning home with his parents one afternoon, he witnesses a terrible traffic accident, in which he ends up, by mistake, confusing a ball (which he picks up), with the head of one of the fatal victims. Since then, his fascination with corpses has inspired him to create all kinds of compositions, which involve the inert bodies of people, in the most unexpected situations.
Ricky Jones
This British photographer is a fan of blood, guts, and homicidal doctors. His work presents scenes that seem to come out of the Saw saga or a movie with Freddy Krueger. Not even the worst nightmares resemble the images that Jones recreates. If what scares you is blood, morgue plates, or crazy doctors, you will love this artist’s work.
Enrique Metinides
This Mexican photographer is known in the world of tabloid photography. His shots are famous, having captured all kinds of traffic accidents, suicides, and brutal murders. His frames go beyond the red note, his works have become an object of worship for many. The artistic quality of Metinides’ work has turned his work into a true piece of art, the art of horror.
Sally Mann
This North American photographer portrays childhood from a point of view that dislocates the concept of purity and innocence that is associated with children and turns it, from her sickly eye, into images that are terrifying in themselves, without the need for the obvious and the stereotype. Her children are her models, and her snowy faces, photographed in frankly intriguing situations, end up appearing in her frames, more frightening than any specter, any monster from the worst horror movie.
Joshua Hoffman
This photographer originally from Kansas, United States, is one of the most prominent lens artists in the world. The images of him look like something out of a horror film set. His work addresses the topic of phobias, the fear of insects and worms. The photographs of him are so elaborate that they undoubtedly look like frames from horror movies. If horror films are your thing, you will like Hoffine’s work.
Christopher McKenney
This photographer originally from Pennsylvania, United States, addresses the themes of suspense and surrealism. The tension that the artist creates in his images, which include scenes of ghostly characters wearing fabrics that reveal his spectral silhouettes, will make your skin crawl. If you enjoy ghosts wearing a white sheet, and meaningless apparitions, you will love McKenney’s photographs.
Teresa Margolles
Teresa is a photographer, as well as a multidisciplinary artist, and creator of the group SEMEFO, a project of the Mexican gore movement, which uses the theme of the dead, particularly those who died in violent situations. Her images allude to an attraction to the necrophilic, to corpses, whether human or animal. If Los Muertitos is your thing, Margolles’ work will impact you.
Ryan Muirhead
Muirhead’s work is psychological, with psychiatric cuts. As the artist himself indicates on his official website, “Photography is an art that heals.” In his work, Ryan presents ghostly scenes, which rather than representing mere ghosts, portray the human subconscious. If paranormal situations make you feel uneasy, this photographer’s work will disturb you.
This story was written in Spanish by Carmen Guerrero in Cultura Colectiva
