Character Thieves is a set of portraits of Cosplayers in various cities in Japan, Canada, the United States and Germany. Oliver Sieber accurately documents this subculture, taking a slight step aside by photographing teenagers in their costumes but also in their daily environments: the bedroom, the home, the street. That's how appeared a distortion between the real and the imaginary, intimacy and public space. This series is concomitant with "Imaginary Club" another set of portraits picturing subcultures by the photographer.

Oliver Sieber (1966) lives and works in Düsseldorf. He published many books with Katja Stuke under the name of Böhm Kobayashi.

Oliver Sieber's website
Böhm Kobayashi's website

This book is published by Böhm Kobayashi and Schaden. it's part of the new small distribution program from Nouveau Palais. Bookstores with interest : feel free to ask for more details!