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
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad11.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
2. Catwoman
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad9.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
3. A couple of (sad) superheroes
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad10.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
4. Not thrilled with the gig
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad8.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
5. Of course, we have an Elvis
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad7.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
6. Indy
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad6.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
7. Depressing
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad5.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
8. Rambo
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad2.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
9. Real tears
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad4.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
10. Marilyn and Superman
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/so-sad1.jpg)
Photo Credit: Nicolas Silberfaden
Kind of a bummer, right?