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Can I read Fame Us : Celebrity Impersonators and the Cult(ure) of Fame on EtoBox?
Fame Us : Celebrity Impersonators and the Cult(ure) of Fame by Brian Howell; Norbert Ruebsaat; Stephen Osborne is a photography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fame Us : Celebrity Impersonators and the Cult(ure) of Fame about?
In this stunning book, photographer Brian Howell takes us into the world of celebrity impersonators—the faux famous people who make a living at pretending to be someone else. Taken at various impersonator conventions and stage shows throughout North America, the photographs are both startling and poignant—for all of the frivolity and double takes ("Isn't that Paris Hilton?") there is also a sense of the real person beneath the makeup and the artifice. Accompanying the portraits are first-person
Who reads Fame Us : Celebrity Impersonators and the Cult(ure) of Fame?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Brian Howell; Norbert Ruebsaat; Stephen Osborne
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Ltd.
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781551522968
- Category
- photography
- Subjects
- Sports, Literary Fiction, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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