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

Batman Cosplay

Batman

kevindcosplay
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! 🦇The Dark...

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Painted Doll Cosplay

Painted Doll

invadernoodles
I have to admit I did not know this cosplay when I first saw it. I just saw the all the red and my jaw-dropped. The Painted Doll Cosplay is...

Comic Convention

Rose City Comic Con 2019
September 13, 2019 • September 15, 2019
Mother Gothel Cosplay

Mother Gothel

masquecharade
I photographed this breathtaking Mother Gothel at Holiday Matsuri. Please check out masquecharade on Instagram for other great cosplays and designs!

Comic Convention

Holiday Matsuri 2019
December 13, 2019 • December 15, 2019
Mercy Christmas Angel Skin Cosplay

Mercy Christmas Angel Skin

thegirlwithagreatsmile
This Mercy Christmas Angel Skin from Overwatch Cosplay that I photographed at Holiday Matsuri was simply breathtaking! Please check out thegirlwithagreatsmile on Instagram and January Cosplay on Facebook for this...

Comic Convention

Holiday Matsuri 2019
December 13, 2019 • December 15, 2019
Candy Cane Todoroki from BNHA Cosplay

Candy Cane Todoroki from BNHA

reckarenn
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! ❄️ Chill...

Comic Convention

Holiday Matsuri 2019
December 13, 2019 • December 15, 2019
Ms. Starlett Cosplay

Ms. Starlett

abbycatcosplay
I first photographed Abby Cat Cosplay in 2018 at Wizard World Portland as Anastasia, Cinderella's step sister. In 2019 I photographed Abby Cat Cosplay in this amazing Ms. Starlett Cosplay...

Comic Convention

Emerald City Comic Con 2019
March 14, 2019 • March 17, 2019
Evil Red Genie Cosplay

Evil Red Genie

brandontheshapeshifter
How incredible is this Evil Red Genie Cosplay? I photographed the truly magnificent Brandon the Shapeshifter on Facebook and brandontheshapeshifter on Instagram at Rhode Island Comic Con. If you do...

Comic Convention

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

Arwen

casterlyfox
I have photographed the very talented Casterly_Fox on Instagram and Jaclyn Nicole on Facebook in three different states and over five different cosplays. This Arwen from Lord of the Rings...

Comic Convention

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

Catwoman

casterlyfox
I photographed this stunning Catwoman cosplay at New York WinterCon.  I have photographed the amazing Casterly_Fox in quite the variety of cosplays from Hela to Cersei Lannister.

Comic Convention

Wintercon 2019
November 22, 2019 • November 24, 2019
Cersei Lannister Cosplay

Cersei Lannister

casterlyfox
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! 🦁👑From the...

Comic Convention

Wizard World Philadelphia 2018
June 19, 2018 • June 22, 2018
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