In Thurstan Redding’s photography series “Kids of Cosplay,” the mundane and the fantastical collide in unexpected ways. Spiderman stares pensively into the middle distance as he grabs milk from a ...

The cosplayers get all the acclaim and adoration. Ask any cosplayer, though, and he or she will tell you: Good photographers are key. This is why some high profile Japanese cosplayers are reluctant to ...

A self-taught cosplay photographer is receiving plenty of attention for his stunning takes on regular cityscapes. Leigh Hyland, the Australian man behind cosplay photo project Steamkittens, is ...

Images by Thurstan Redding via his debut photography book, Kids of Cosplay. Collage by W Magazine. I was surprised by the subject matter you chose to highlight in your first book: cosplay. I had no ...

We’re so accustomed to modern cosplay photography being slick and bright and clean that it’s easy to settle into the idea that’s the only way to take photos of people in costume. But this series of ...