[5] Hido was born August 25, 1968, in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1986.

from Tufts University,[7] in Medford, Massachusetts and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[citation needed] Much of Hido's earlier work involves photographs of urban and suburban housing[10] across the U.S.. Hido accidentally approached what would be one of his best-known themes, when driving at night on the West Coast, he started photographing houses in different neighborhoods.

Hido combines interior photos and portraits taken of models and actresses, maintaining an aesthetic similar to that of its first publication.

Hido says he is influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Hopper, Stephen Shore, Robert Adams, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Emmet Gowin, Larry Sultan, Alfred Stieglitz, Andreas Gursky and Rineke Dijkstra.