He became a well-known portrait photographer, while continuing his artistic photography. Basil Rathbone, Bennet Cerf, Robert Frost, Dali, Maurice Tabard and others all sat for Hoxie. Beyond portraiture, his scope was wide, including humor, landscape, still life, human nature, photograms, nudes, and diverse darkroom treatments. He was known for his sense of humor - quite clever, and up to antics. Always doing or creating stuff that would produce a reaction in a person (or an animal). He had a love of nature, whether human or the earth.