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| Cosplay in America |
Last summer, I met photographer, and author, Ejen Chuang at Anime Expo (AX) in Los Angeles. His booth was in the Artist Galley where he was selling, and signing, his first book: Cosplay in America. In this book are photographs of some of the most elaborate and clever cosplay outfits from six different Anime Cons (Conventions). Each photograph is accompanied by quotes from each model and what Cosplay means to them. For those new to Cosplay, it is where Anime, Manga, and Comic fans masquerade as their favorite character. Not only are they dressed like the characters, but they have managed to become the character through mannerisms and speech. I even ran into Predator, at AX, and was awed by the authenticity of the outfit that was made from common household materials.
As I marveled, from 10 feet away (was too scared to go near him), I saw kids, 'tweens', 'teens, and adults just have the time of their life dressed up and Ejen captures this spirit in his photographs and interviews with each person photographed. 'Tweens who are die hard cosplayers will love this book simply because it will not only give them ideas for their next cosplay, but convey to them they are not the only ones are nuts about this stuff and that it is completely normal to be different. More importantly, tell them that as long as you have passion for something, you can do anything you want since most of the adults in this books are either fashion designers, architects, bankers, teachers, and/or librarians.
Genre: Art, Photography, Anime, Manga, Comics
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Reading Level/Interest: everyone
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