PetaPixel

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers

 

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers all1 mini

For his project titled All Look Same, San Francisco-based photographer Howard Cao photographed celebrity impersonators in Las Vegas and then had Sugar Digital do some post-processing magic to transform their race. The result is a series of images that is meant to ask the question, “Would celebrities be as interesting to American culture if they were Asian?”.

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers all2 mini

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers all3 mini

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers all4 mini

Portraits of Celebrity Impersonators and their Asian Doppelgängers all5 mini

Cao was recently selected as a winner of the 2012 PDN Photo Annual.

(via Flavorwire)

Image credits: Photographs by Howard Cao

 
 
«
»
 
  • Flgraphics

    that last one is scary close!!

  • http://twitter.com/Comm0nDreads Jack

    This is great! The Dolly Parton on is really creepy though …

  • Dave

     They are not different people. The right hand images (the Asians) are just digital edits of the originals on the left. It’s in the article.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rekanize Donovan Rekanize Fannon

    “Would celebrities be as interesting to American culture if they were Asian?”
    I’m not sure I even understand the question. Let’s convolute imagery in order to loosely address a vague question. The portraits are nice, there’s definitely a theme, the post editing is great, but I just don’t get why the question is relevant, or how these images even inspire an answer?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SKHZJFF2AM63O6Z4YM6YEDZESA Laura

    YESS hahaha

  • http://twitter.com/OfficialDan Dan Howard

    like the idea, not a fan of the harsh vignettes and the over processed look.

  • http://twitter.com/svtstudios SVT

    “Would celebrities be as interesting to American culture if they were Asian?”

    Of course not. Just turn on the TV or head to the theaters.

  • http://profiles.google.com/slimspidey Spider- Man

    Yeah cause Bruce Lee was from Alabama right? Jet Li, Detroit?

  • Bockett

     had Sugar Digital do some post-processing magic to transform their race???
    Race?

  • http://www.traveldestination.com.au/ Glenn Thompson

    Great nice creation…. How is it possible????? But great creation….

  • MMMM

    Yes. Race.

  • Davesmith

    Some people have just too much time. Asians don’t assimilate as much so obviously there is less interest in them.

  • BradG

    Very cool, the Willie Nelson one is beautifully done!  Just a footnote: “race” is an antiquated term.  It hasn’t been used in biology for some time.

  • Guest

    please elaborate on “asians don’t assimilate as obviously”, ‘davesmith’

  • Petek

    the only guy the 1st dude looks like is Asian Rose

  • Lawrence DeVore

    The last guy really has the mouth nailed.