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I am a Wellington-based photographer available for performance-based or portfolio work. I currently work only on location, as I am currently without studio space - for rates or a quote, please contact me via email with the following information:

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My Terms & Conditions and License Agreement are the standard AIPA documents, available for reference here - please read through completely before contacting me.
T&C (pdf)

License Agreement (pdf)

Cosplay in New Zealand

I am currently in the process of piecing together a book on New Zealand cosplayers, due for release mid 2010. If you would like more information on the poject, or if you would like to contribute, please contact me via email - I'd love to hear from you!

The project follows on from a research project conducted in my honours year at Massey University. I traveled up and down the country photographing cosplayers, predominantly members of the CNZ Forums. Although I was fairly pleased with the outcome, I am attempting to cover a wider range and share the costuming talent of kiwi cosplayers with the general public.

Although cosplayers have been featured in fine-art photography before, it has always been from an "outsider"'s point of view. Photographers such as Cao Fei and Elena Dorfman have looked at cosplayers as escapists, focusing more on the "act" of cosplay, and the psychology behind it rather than as a valid artform and skill. I believe this needs to change.

Cosplay, at least in New Zealand, is about skill and dedication to a craft - cosplayers make and wear costumes. Some make them to wear for a specific activity, such as roleplay or live-action roleplay (LARPing), but the majority simply like to make stuff - and there is some serious talent out there. My goal is to capture these cosplayers on film to their best advantage - to celebrate cosplay, and the practitioners of the hobby; not examine some Freudian theory on why people dress up for fun. So please - if you would like to model, or contribute in any other way, feel free to contact me.