If you've ever had one of your cosplay submissions arbitrarily moved to another category it doesn't belong in, this thread is for you:

This problem as arisen several times, and frankly, I and many others are sick of it. Deviantart respects the Fashion Portraits having their own category, they respect Photography by having many of their own subcategories, they even give the Fetish community a corner of their site!

But apparently not Cosplay, especially when it's one of the most extensive communities, with the widest range of submissions.
Cosplay is not Fetish, cosplay is not Fashion Portraits, and often times with props (not made by the model) and photography needing the same attention as the costume, it cannot be put into Costumes.

So why not make it much easier on everyone and make a general Cosplay category, one that simultaneously highlights and credits the costumers, models, photographers, and prop makers of the said projects submitted?

While not the first to address this issue, the cosplay photographer ~unforgivenmind has started a thread here: [link] requesting a Cosplay category on DA, and has refused to submit any more cosplay-related photos until this is resolved. Please support the thread and voice your concerns!

When cosplayers' photos are even being moved from Photography > People and Portraits to Photography > Miscellaneous, one has to wonder if the administrators of the site no longer consider us cosplayers as people...??

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