HP Lovecraft's Pickman's Model in Art by Joshua Hoffine

Joshua Hoffine recently unleashed a series of high resolution photos based on H.P. Lovecraft's story, "Pickman's Model." The photo set captures the catastrophic moment when Pickman's artistic horrors are fully unveiled. Hoffine wisely keeps the macabre paintings relatively obscured. This ambiguity lends itself well to the imagination, much like another successful take on "Pickman's Model" not long ago, the film Pickman's Muse. It's also more faithful to the original story, since the best Lovecraftian horrors remain murky in all but the mind.

Hoffine's photographic abominations are painfully realistic, and stunning in their gruesome crispness. One hopes this won't be the last time he visits Lovecraft. Check out the full set and more at Hoffine's blog.

-Grim Blogger