In the past decade, cosplay has exploded in popularity here in the United States. Walk into any anime convention in America and you'll see fans dressing as their favorite characters from anime, manga, or video games. In 2009, photographer Ejen Chuang travelled to six anime conventions across America to capture this phenomenon. Five months were spent photographing 1,651 cosplayers from coast to coast followed by another six months of editing. The result is a hard bound coffee table book of cosplayers captured at the conventions. Through these pages one can see the many faces of Americans - of different race, background, and age all united under the love of anime
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Cosplay in America is a gorgeous tribute to the people who attend anime conventions ...The layout is slick and the photos are lovely. Chuang did what I hope more people will do in the future, portrayed cosplay as art. --Liz Ohanesian (BoingBoing.net)
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Ejen Chuang is a photographer based in Los Angeles.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Kareem
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Full of photos and great value if you like looking at cosplay then this book is for yo,u in this book much looking and less reading it's really loaded with pictures i loved it
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I was at this year animefest and just so happen to meet the author of this book. After talking to him, I find out that there was no books about cosplay here in America and we have some really good cosplayers here. I want to thank him for doing this book and giving our guys chance to shine. I hope in the futue he does another one.
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By R. Sun
Great coffee table book. For those in the know, it serves as a fun guess-who game. For those not in the know, it does exactly what a coffee table book should do: spark conversation. It's clear that a lot of work and passion went into the many photographs, and each cosplayer brings their character to life in the costume and their expressions.
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Cosplay in America
Wow, this book is great value for money. Hardcover and so many pages of shiny photos. Not much by the way of interviews or writing. Just great photos. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Highlander
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre. Interesting only for people who do not know what a cosplay...
I purchased this book in December 2011 before it hit the stores and had some time to browse through.
The ambitious title 'Cosplay in America' is a bit misleading. Read more
The ambitious title 'Cosplay in America' is a bit misleading. Read more
Published 16 months ago by asd
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
Great representation of a variety of cosplay skill levels. Beautiful photographry and people are actually in character. Read more
Published 22 months ago by BigCNuggit
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good example of its type of coffeetable book
This is an excellent book especially for those people with a casual interest in the world of costuming and people who perform this hobby. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Caliban821
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect
Came earlier than expected, and in perfect condition. Good, honest photography - really portrays cosplayers in a positive light and has real variety! Read more
Published on February 5, 2011 by C. Richards
5.0 out of 5 stars
A family book
This book shows how cosplay has followers of all ages. I love how the book is also has tranlated in japanese.
Published on September 5, 2010 by cosplay mom
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