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

Merida Cosplay

Merida

a-r-t_designs
Merida from Brave Cosplay. I photographed this beautiful Merida from Brave Cosplay at Motor City Comic Con. Please visit her on facebook at Amanda Rose Taylor and Instagram at a.r.t._designs .

Comic Convention

Motor City Comic Con 2019
May 17, 2019 • May 19, 2019
Reptile Mortal Combat Cosplay

Reptile Mortal Combat

newyorkssixthranger

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Captain Ana Cosplay

Captain Ana

susanonysko
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! 🏴‍☠️𝐀𝐡𝐨𝐲, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬!...

Comic Convention

Anime NYC 2018
November 16, 2018 • November 18, 2018
White Tiger Zoid Cosplay

White Tiger Zoid

givemekashh

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Beast Boy Cosplay

Beast Boy

smolcosplay

Comic Convention

Anime NYC 2018
November 16, 2018 • November 18, 2018
Raven Cosplay

Raven

blackeyeblues
I may be biased but Raven is my favorite Teen Titans member!  I photographed this Raven from Teen Titans Cosplay at Anime NYC. Please check out blackeyeblues_ on Instagram.

Comic Convention

Anime NYC 2018
November 16, 2018 • November 18, 2018
The Hound Cosplay

The Hound

chiphi_tank
I photographed The Hound Cosplay from Game of Thrones at New York Winter Con.  Oh, how I miss that show…. please check out chiphi_tank on Instagram.  We gelled a cloth...

Comic Convention

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

Terra

kaitiebug10
I found and photographed my first Terra at AnimeNYC, which was an astonishing convention for the amount of cosplays I found off my list. My list now is full of...

Comic Convention

Anime NYC 2018
November 16, 2018 • November 18, 2018
Pedro Shazam Cosplay

Pedro Shazam

newyorkssixthranger
At NYWinterCon I found a Dynamic Duo of Shazam and Pedro Shazam. I had seen other Shazam cosplays before but never the two of them together so I had to...

Comic Convention

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

Shazam

selecthumor
At NYWinterCon I found a Dynamic Duo of Shazam and Pedro Shazam. I had seen other Shazam cosplays before but never the two of them together so I had to...

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
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