A Remarkable New Book
by Matt Hoyle
As a highly awarded portrait photographer, Matt Hoyle has met a lot of interesting people throughout his career. But when he traveled across America in search of modern ghost stories, alien abductees and monster sightings to shoot his first photography book, he encountered a lot more than he ever expected.
The result is ENCOUNTERS: a fascinating book of 60 breathtaking images, each with its own spine tingling tale of the strange and unexplained.
ENCOUNTERS with the strange and unexplained - released by Andrews McMeel Universal - captures intriguing characters at the scene of their encounter. These experiences are with swamp creatures, alien spacecraft, ghosts, poltergeists, orbs, Bigfoot, alien beings and more. They were experienced by real people from all over America, from all kinds of backgrounds, and in all sorts of locations.
Says Hoyle:
"I went ghost busting, UFO watching and Bigfoot hunting. I visited haunted cemeteries, castles, plantations, possessed homes and crypts. I took expeditions to the hunting grounds for werewolves, swamp beasts and other creatures. And I saw places that would be more at home in The X-Files like Area 51, Roswell, and other UFO epicenters."
Hoyle continued:
"When photographing each person I tried to recreate the mood of their encounter within the same location that it happened, so that they became as interesting and intriguing as their story. I hope that, as a viewer, you feel close to their experience."
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Lorraine (Monroe, Connecticut) gazes deeply into the camera as she remembers her experience in the Amityville Horror house
Bill (Dundee, Wisconsin) proudly yet gingerly clasps his alien specimen, pickled in an old jar
Ben (Lakeland, Florida) is on high alert as he recalls his experience with a swamp creature.
During the production of the book, Hoyle had is own encounters. On one occasion, all his equipment stopped working - including his camera, flash kit and laptop computer - while shooting
a scene inside a haunted mansion of New Orleans. This was a phenomenon Hoyle was at pains to explain.
'I can't explain it. All I know is everything stopped working within succession of each other during the same night and I have no idea why. That was pretty scary for me and not only because I missed out on some great shots!'
Hoyle is a commercial photographer with international recognition. He shoots for editorial, entertainment and advertising clients worldwide such as Rolling Stone, Esquire, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, ESPN, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis, and FCB.
For more images and stories, please visit:
www.matthoylesencounters.com
To view more work by Matt Hoyle, please visit:
www.matthoyle.com
"Encounters" is published by Andrews McMeel Universal:
For enquiries, contact Anthea Hoyle: anthea@matthoyle.com
Books can be purchased from Amazon at:
www.amazon.com
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