Cosplay isn’t only about the costumes. It isn’t only about the cosplayers. The photographers are key.
Cosplay is a photo-based medium. That’s why many well-known cosplayers are reluctant to have their photos snapped out of costume or even why many always work with the same photographer.
Today, Kotaku is looking at Singapore-based photographer Shiro Ang Yeong Hui. He does a fantastic job of not only capturing cosplayers, but also framing them against their backgrounds. The cosplayers and their costumes are just as important as the space they occupy. His photos reveal a strong sense of place and character. They’re wonderful.
Not all Shiro’s work is cosplay photography. He is photojournalist, and his DeviantArt page, which I highly recommend, has concert photos, political rally pics, and photographs of stunning vistas. More in the link below.
Shiroang [DeviantArt]
Picky
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:53 AMAwesome shots, beautiful girls. Some taken in Sydney ?
Jared
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:41 AMThat sure looks like the Blue Mountains in his profile photo.
CyK
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:28 AMGuile broom wig? hahaha awesome!
bazuden
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 8:28 PMGuile Wins :D
Reign
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:44 AMI know this won’t probably reach the people at Kotaku US; but I’d rather differing horizontal image widths than this new trend of stretching and pixelating images to stretch and have a uniform width.