This past weekend there was a large 4-day Cosplay convention in the Bay Area. For those who don't know, Cosplay (Kospure コスプレ) is a Japanese morph of the words "Costume" and "Play".
Cosplay has developed into several subcultures of participants and fans that enjoy dressing up as various characters, and creating performance art. The sources of inspiration are quite varied, ranging from anime, to manga, to comics, to video games, to movies, etc.
Many cosplayers create their own costumes, some of which are quite elaborate...
While much of the appeal is with kids, there is also a large adult-oriented Cosplay niche as well, which is an area that is explored occasionally on Asian Diva Girls.
Some of the models that I work with are into the Cosplay scene, so I decided to set up a few projects in conjunction with a Cosplay convention. We ended up shooting lots of fun pix and some pretty hot videos too.
Here are some Day 1 samples - Enjoy!:
In all, we attended 3 of the 4 days of the show, and we did several photo and video projects each night:
Time for a little sleep. Will respond later, along with more pix, in case anyone wants to see more ADG cosplay.
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