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
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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...
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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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