EditorialDetail of “Ego Sum, Portrait of Arthur Simms as a Junk Collector,” 1994, at his studio in Staten Island, March 6, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialGhostwriters write books in someone else’s voice — without leaving fingerprints. Doing it well requires great technical skill and a flexible ego. (Kathleen Fu/The New York Times)
EditorialBrian O’Doherty, a journalist, editor, artist, documentarian and, late in life, an acclaimed novelist, in Dublin, Ireland on May 20, 2008 during the ceremonial burying of an effigy of his alter ego, the pseudonymous Patrick Ireland, a name he had used for his artwork until the British military left Northern Ireland. (Derek Speirs/The New York Times)
EditorialBrad Borchardt in his alter ego “Packermania” get-up, modeled after the wrestler Hulk Hogan, at Titletown, a 45-acre mixed-use development next to Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 18, 2022. (Evan Jenkins/The New York Times)
EditorialAn exclusive Monster High doll, Voltageous, the superhero alter ego of Frankie Stein, from Mattel, in New York, July 14, 2022. (Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times)
EditorialJared Kushner, right, and Vice President Mike Pence applaud President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in Washington, Sep. 11, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times).
EditorialFans pose with wax figures of music superstars including Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and David Bowie in Madame Tussauds Londons revamped Music Festival zone
EditorialJohn Epperson sits for a portrait in a rehearsal room at the American Ballet Theater in New York on Oct. 22, 2021. (Justin J Wee/The New York Times)
EditorialA supporter of former President Donald Trump wears a paper mask at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Aug. 2, 2018. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump leaves Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. after his treatment for a coronavirus infection, Oct. 5, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialThe striped bodysuit and red kabuki boots by the fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto in the “David Bowie Is” exhibition in New York, Feb. 21, 2018. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialWill Toledo, a founder of the indie rockers Car Seat Headrest, in costume as his on-stage alter ego Trait Danger, in Bellevue, Wash., April 6, 2020. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)
EditorialWill Toledo, a founder of the indie rockers Car Seat Headrest, in costume as his on-stage alter ego Trait Danger, in Bellevue, Wash., April 6, 2020. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)