HALL OF CLAIMS TO FAME
2017 / An archive of claims to fame / All words and images by Tenaya Steed / Special thanks to Katie and The Wolves, Jon The King, and everyone who shared a claim / Exhibited at INTO THE DARK, Dalston
A search for claims to fame, personal pride and small-town glory. The Hermione Granger lookalikes who turned on the Christmas lights with Carlos from Emmerdale, the fellas who fitted the carpet for the last ever Concorde, every kid aged 9 who sang Elvis on stage at Butlins. A hall of fame that’s clapping harder than your mum and dad did when you played townsperson 1 in the school play. Hollywood Boulevard eat your heart out.
Jon talks about how singing on stage at Butlins turned him into a karaoke regular
Ro Hardaker meets The Wolf from Gladiators whilst dressed as a clown
Freya wins a Hermione Granger lookalike competition
A flyer searching for claims to fame
Page from CLAIMS TO FAME publication
Luke and friends on the wall of Burger Star
Katie went to every non-school uniform day at secondary school in a Wolves football kit