It’s Not a Costume, It’s a Lifestyle: Inside the World of Live Action Role-Playing
Photographer Brian Shumway traveled to Utah to document participants of an underground phenomenon — a kind of medieval Fight Club — that combines elements of Dungeons and Dragons with ancient combat.
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A fictitious map of the mythical place called Pinevale, inhabited by the people of Palanthar, who are being played by LARPers at a camping area during a weekend-long LARP event in the mountains, in Samak, Utah.