Golden Ticket Cosplays

I am an international professional travel photographer who started attending conventions with my children years ago. I immediately fell in love with the Cosplay culture and decided to combine two of my greatest loves: Cosplay and travel. The goal of this personal project, Cosplay 50: The United States of Cosplay, is to photograph amazing Cosplayers from every state.

I bring an entire studio (all 7,500 pounds of it!) to conventions and scour the floor to find exceptional examples of Cosplay. They are then given a Golden Ticket which entitles that Cosplayer to a free thirty-minute professional supermodel-type photography session. Every session is unique and is loads of fun. Golden Ticket holders receive a fully retouched, high resolution, non-watermarked image for their personal use after the convention.

Susan Onysko

The United States of Cosplay

32 States and Counting ...

Alaska Arkansas California Colorado District of Columbia Hawaii Kansas Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi Montana North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Oklahoma South Carolina Virginia Alabama Arizona Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Maine Michigan Missouri North Carolina Nevada New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming

To see the Golden Tickets for a specific state, click on the map or select from the list below

Stealth Captain America Cosplay

Stealth Captain America

captainsalute
I photographed this Stealth Captain America Cosplay at New York Winter Con. I love when I have the chance to photograph the same person at different conventions, it is such...

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Odin Cosplay

Odin

bobtrekcosplay1701
I photographed my first Odin From Thor Cosplay at Rhode Island Comic Con. Rhode Island Comic Con was one of my favorite conventions for photographing cosplayers. They had a wonderful...

Comic Convention

Rhode Island Comic Con 2019
November 01, 2019 • November 03, 2019
Raven Cosplay

Raven

bnmdcosplay
I love this casual, witch Raven Cosplay that I photographed at Rhode Island Comic Con. It was an adorable full length cosplay (with amazing boots!!) but this ended up being...

Comic Convention

Rhode Island Comic Con 2019
November 01, 2019 • November 03, 2019
Banjo-Kazooie (Bruno) Cosplay

Banjo-Kazooie (Bruno)

megasvshi
How adorable is this Banjo-Kazooie Cosplay? We loved photographing them at Florida Supercon last year! Our fingers are crossed that the show will go on again this July (it has...

Comic Convention

Florida Supercon 2019
July 04, 2019 • July 07, 2019
Banjo-Kazooie (Sophie) Cosplay

Banjo-Kazooie (Sophie)

soupninjaha
How adorable is this Banjo-Kazooie Cosplay? We loved photographing them at Florida Supercon last year! Our fingers are crossed that the show will go on again this July (it has...

Comic Convention

Florida Supercon 2019
July 04, 2019 • July 07, 2019
Loki Cosplay

Loki

steve-perkins-963
Golden Ticket Update: This Golden Ticket Cosplay has been selected to be included in the FotoNostrum Cosplay 50 Exhibition in Barcelona from May 23 - July 31, 2024! Anyone who...

Comic Convention

Rhode Island Comic Con 2019
November 01, 2019 • November 03, 2019
She Hulk Cosplay

She Hulk

heatherboddy
This image was taken at Wintercon NYC.  I love Heather's post and just had to share it:⁣Thank you @susanonysko for capturing my She Hulk. I remember looking back at the...

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Handler from Monster Hunter Cosplay

Handler from Monster Hunter

mia_monomi13
Holiday Matsuri was one of my favorite conventions I have ever attended.  I photographed amazing holiday cosplays there and many others that I haven’t seen before!  This Is Handler from...

Comic Convention

Holiday Matsuri 2019
December 13, 2019 • December 15, 2019
Hippolyta Cosplay

Hippolyta

dr-sneej
Golden Ticket Update: This Golden Ticket Cosplay has been selected to be included in the FotoNostrum Cosplay 50 Exhibition in Barcelona from May 23 - July 31, 2024! I photographed...

Comic Convention

Rose City Comic Con 2019
September 13, 2019 • September 15, 2019
Wolverine Cosplay

Wolverine

poormanshughjackman
I photographed Wolverine at Wizard World St. Louis. I have always loved color photography in my travel and cosplay work but when I converted this mage to black and white...

Comic Convention

Wizard World St. Louis 2018
February 02, 2018 • February 04, 2018
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