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Otakon 2010

04 August 2010

★ Theresa Keil

Otakon 2010

Photos by Theresa Keil.

Otakon is the annual celebration of Otaku culture. To the best of my understanding the event is based in Japanese pop culture. Besides Dragonball Z, Ninja Scroll and that game show where the contestants have to run full speed through paper walls that may or may not be solid on the other side, the editors at What Weekly confess that we know very little about Japanese pop culture. We did however, have a hunch that the art that would be on display at Otakon would be phenomenal. Sadly, we missed the deadline to request press passes, but when we found these photographic gems in our inbox from photographer Theresa Keil we were stoked.

We won’t pretend to know who these people are or what they’re trying to convey with their costumes. We will say that this an amazing display of individual expression and we’re glad to be able to share them with you.

Photos by Theresa Keil.

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  • David Hilton

    Theresa’s photography is, for me, the highlight of every issue

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    [...] day vacation. First stop was Baltimore. They don’t call it Charm City for nothing. Crabcakes, a huge anime convention and visionary art, oh [...]

  • Alzaruba

    Great stuff for my MICA freshman students! This should shake loose a few overly stuffed pillows.
    Keep up the great eye!

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    [...] isn’t a stray Otakon photo that ended up in the wrong batch, people. This is the same toga [...]

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    [...] isn’t a stray Otakon photo that ended up in the wrong batch, people. This is the same toga [...]

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