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Celebrity impersonators fill the frame in DEEPFAKE: what does it mean to be seen? – in pictures

Cybele Malinowski has spent 20 years photographing the icons of contemporary culture. Shot over two years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, DEEPFAKE is what happens when she turns that camera on the people who have chosen...

Celebrity impersonators fill the frame in DEEPFAKE: what does it mean to be seen? – in pictures
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Cybele Malinowski has spent 20 years photographing the icons of contemporary culture. Shot over two years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, DEEPFAKE is what happens when she turns that camera on the people who have chosen to become someone else entirely. The exhibit is on until 6 September at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Contemporary ‘I can sense Sinatra...

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  • Cybele Malinowski has spent 20 years photographing the icons of contemporary culture.
  • Shot over two years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, DEEPFAKE is what happens when she turns that camera on the people who have chosen to become someone else entirely.
  • The exhibit is on until 6 September at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Contemporary ‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise Marilyn...

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This story is part of the Art coverage. The original reporting source identified by the page is The Guardian. Publication date: September 2, 2026 at 11:00.

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Cybele Malinowski has spent 20 years photographing the icons of contemporary culture. Shot over two years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, DEEPFAKE is what happens when she turns that camera on the people who have chosen to become someone else entirely. The exhibit is on until 6 September at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Contemporary

‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise

Marilyn Eyes Wide Shut

Cher, On all Fours

Madonna Does Vegas

Run Elvis Run

Prince, Purple Reign

Cher Awaits Room Service

Hollywood Is Just a Dream

Tom Cruise, Standing Ovation

Marilyn Walks her Dogs on Melrose

Celebrity

Photography

Las Vegas

Elvis Presley

Cher

Marilyn Monroe

Prince

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