If you’ve ever been to Las Vegas or Los Angeles, you’ve seen the seemingly endless parade of celebrity impersonators plying their trade along busy streets looking to make a buck.

Photographer Nicolas Silberfaden takes studio portraits of the many celebrity impersonators in his adopted hometown of LA, and a lot of them are just regular folks who lost their jobs and are trying to get by.

Take a look at these folks and you might feel a little sorry for them.

1. Batman

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2. Catwoman

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3. A couple of (sad) superheroes

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4. Not thrilled with the gig

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5. Of course, we have an Elvis

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6. Indy

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7. Depressing

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8. Rambo

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9. Real tears

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10. Marilyn and Superman

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Kind of a bummer, right?