Jeff Yang, Asian Pop Columnist for SFGate/San Francisco Chronicle, interviewed me for his latest piece titled “The Cosplay’s the Thing”, here’s the snippet of my interview:
“This is a perfect way to indulge yourself, given everything that’s going on,” says Richard Bui, a photographer who’s documenting the Bay Area’s rapidly growing cosplay scene. “Making these costumes is about effort, not money. And when you wear them, you forget about the economy. It’s funny, but in some ways the easiest way to just be yourself is to become someone else.”
One of my favorite models, Bekkalou, also appears in the article. I recently had a blast photographing her as Saber from the anime Fate/stay night [link to pictures] and will be working with her again at FAnime 2009.
Be sure to read the entire article at SFGate.com [link to article] and/or in tomorrow’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.
And if you have time, checkout some pics I’ve taken at various cosplay events:
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