Shortlist, Sailor Zoom by Agnese Morganti

Sailor Zoom is a remote photography project portraying Sailor Moon cosplayers across the world in their own homes using Zoom video calls. This work was conceived during the first Covid-19 lockdown in response to feelings of boredom and separation that quarantine induced in a highly sociable photographer such as me. Sailor Moon is a character created by Japanese artist Takeuchi Naoko in the 1990s. Passionate cosplayers portray their personal interpretation at comic-cons and gatherings; however, in 2020, many such events were called off. How would the cosplay community adapt to this long period without their gatherings of like-minded people? This prompted the idea to connect with Sailor Moons around the world and capture them in their homes via video call, revealing a hidden, personal world caught between reality and dreams