Simulating Elvis

This is quite an interesting article from The Tyee about a guy attending his first Celebrity Impersonators Convention at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.

His first glimpse into the impersonating world came at a lively Sunday gospel meeting in southern British Columbia led by an Elvis impersonator. He has since started photographing impersonators..

He says:

"Many celebrity impersonators (or "tribute artists" as they are also called) are drawn into their impersonating careers from the replication of just such a moment: when other people tell them that they look like someone famous."

Read the whole article here..

Simulating People :: Photo Essay :: thetyee.ca


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