Childhood Fears: A Photo Spread

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Some may find these images (http://www.soothbrush.com/children-fear-photography/) very disturbing, so proceed with caution. And while creepy, I think they're great photos. They are not Photoshop tricks.

[Capt Jack]

omg I loved those!:snap:

those who havent looked yet, hes not kidding. some might find the photos there quite disturbing...and for those folk, I would suggest...maybe skip it. they do tap into a great many nightmarish fear bases pretty directly

right up my alley though....which I fear speaks volumes about me.

wicked cool

[Disneyphile]

I think they need to put a shop right next to Anne Geddes at DtD. :evil:

Love it!! :snap:

[BarTopDancer]

OK, they didn't bother me. But I'm at work and it's broad daylight out.

So use that as your guide.

[GusGus]

OK, they didn't bother me. But I'm at work and it's broad daylight out.

So use that as your guide.

not even the clown?

[BarTopDancer]

not even the clown?

I scrolled really fast ;)

[Kevy Baby]

I only breezed through them, but one detail I noticed was that the children were scared/screaming in some photos and perfectly calm in others. But maybe I went through too fast.



not even the clown?Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, Halloween cannot come soon enough.



Those were teh awesome and teh gruesome.

[GusGus]

I scrolled really fast ;)

probably a good idea!

[JWBear]

Cool.

[flippyshark]

I notice the clown photo has an inadvertent (I think) Hidden Mickey.

I assume that the kids in these photos, since they are around for the entire setup process, just take this stuff in stride. (I hope.) These guys could put on one heck of a Halloween haunted house.

[Mousey Girl]

It looked like the same 3-4 kids.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

It looked like the same 3-4 kids.They are. :)I use friends and family members as actors and crew. Everyone works for free. We do it for fun.

[cirquelover]

That was actually really cool. I was a little nervous to click but if BTD could, then I could too!

[libraryvixen]

I did NOT like the clown *shudder*
The other pieces were really great though!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I was scared of the clown for BTD.

[Kevy Baby]

I was scared of BTD for the clown.

[lashbear]

The baby with the tarantula creeped me out.

[Nephythys]

ok- gang- click on his website- it gets creepier. There is one photo left off of that other link that is more disturbing than the rest (IMO)

ACK! (http://joshuahoffine.com/splash.html)

[Strangler Lewis]

Not to mention Every man's worst nightmare. (http://www.soothbrush.com/dumb-moose-statue/)

[scaeagles]

I found those all to be very disturbing, actually. Or at least most of them. Perhaps it is because I have children close to the age of those in the photos and imagine my own children in some of those situations (the realistic ones). I can imagine their fear in a very real way and was just......disturbed.

Don't know how other parents of younger children felt about those. Maybe i'm alone in how they struck me.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Every man's worst nightmare is to realize he's having sex with a metal buffalo? Or every man's worst mightmare is to realize he's being violated by a moose?

I loved these photos, by the way, but I was a little disturbed about the partial nudity of the kids. It's art, they're family, I get it. But I guess it distracted me momentarily from being fully drawn in by the image.

[Strangler Lewis]

I thought the baby with the dead mother was the most affecting "what if" fear. On the other hand, I thought the picture with the older girl with the dead mother and the bugs looked almost like wish fulfillment rather than fear. The kid seemed ambivalent, which, perhaps, is realistic.

I thought some of the other realistic ones--crazy neighbor, crazy clown, mad dog--were more adult fears about things you worry about your kids running into.

[Nephythys]

I question the blocks in the "Monster under the bed" shot- they spell out "No Daddy" or "daddy no"

[Nephythys]

I thought the baby with the dead mother was the most affecting "what if" fear. On the other hand, I thought the picture with the older girl with the dead mother and the bugs looked almost like wish fulfillment rather than fear. The kid seemed ambivalent, which, perhaps, is realistic.

I thought some of the other realistic ones--crazy neighbor, crazy clown, mad dog--were more adult fears about things you worry about your kids running into.

The picture you refer to- "Bedside"- the little girl is reaching out to touch her mother. I get the impression than she does not even know what condition her mother is in as all the bugs are on the other side of the bed from her and her mothers face is turned away.

I thought that was that fear of going into your sleeping parents room- touching them and finding them dead- not that you wished them dead.

(and check the dogs "leg" - it's a werewolf)

-and I too was unnerved by the children in nothing but panties-I assume the purpose is to show how unprotected and vulnreable they are.

[Peachy Keen]

This one (http://www.snopes.com/horrors/graphics/bedghost.jpg/) has always creeped me out.

[mousepod]

When I was a kid, my parents had a book with this piece of art. For years, I was scared to even go into the living room at night, knowing that the book containing this picture was there:

http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/bosmis.jpg

[Snowflake]

ok- gang- click on his website- it gets creepier. There is one photo left off of that other link that is more disturbing than the rest (IMO)

ACK! (http://joshuahoffine.com/splash.html)

Ugh, I clicked the link! Ack! Eek!:eek:

[Nephythys]

Ugh, I clicked the link! Ack! Eek!:eek:

oh yeah- that one freaked me out- the others did not so much.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

This one (http://www.snopes.com/horrors/graphics/bedghost.jpg/) has always creeped me out.404 :(

[Ponine]

404 :(

The full link
Bed Reckoning (http://www.snopes.com/photos/supernatural/bedghost.asp)

PeachyKeen was linking directly to the picture, so I linked to the story. Maybe that will work.

[Nephythys]

story but no pic- stupid work filters

[Ponine]

okay, THAT I can't help with.
I will say that it took a few moments for the pic to load.

[NickO'Time]

Creepshow times 3. Bleh.
I can appreciate the art, but still creeepy.

[Strangler Lewis]

The picture you refer to- "Bedside"- the little girl is reaching out to touch her mother. I get the impression than she does not even know what condition her mother is in as all the bugs are on the other side of the bed from her and her mothers face is turned away.

I thought that was that fear of going into your sleeping parents room- touching them and finding them dead- not that you wished them dead.

(and check the dogs "leg" - it's a werewolf)

-and I too was unnerved by the children in nothing but panties-I assume the purpose is to show how unprotected and vulnreable they are.

Maybe. I thought they were contrasting the girl's expression with the "happy, happy" photo on the bedside table. Angels and insects, as it were.

[Nephythys]

a quote from his blog- discussing "Face"

The little girl is played by my daughter and current headliner Chloe, the star of PHOBIA, CANDY, and my upcoming film BLACK LULLABY. Chloe is an amazing actress. Out of concern for her mental well being she was photographed on set separately from the murder scene. She is still an innocent!

[flippyshark]

That's good to know. So, I wonder how old Chloe will be when she's allowed to see these pictures.