• Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves
  • Character Thieves

    Character Thieves

    Oliver Sieber

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    Softcover | First edition | 72 pages

    Published by Schaden / Böhm Kobayashi, 2007.

    Character Thieves brings together Oliver Sieber’s portraits of cosplayers in Japan, the US, Canada, and Germany. Each subject is photographed in their home or immediate surroundings, dressed as a chosen character.

    The book looks at the overlap between constructed identity and everyday life, focusing on the visual language of subcultures. Includes a text by Mariko Takeuchi in English and Japanese. Edition of 750 copies. Winner of the German Photobook Award (Silver) in 2009.

    Condition: very good