Recreation of a Press Photo was an old gimmick time filler on the now-defunct Craig Kilborn show. They took a picture from the paper and manipulated their stage-hands to match the people in the photo. Often they used props and it ended up turning out pretty close except for the faces of course.

In my ode to the great Jerry Rice, here’s my recreation of a press photo of Rice vs Cowboys.
Perhaps more amusing, here are failed attempts 1, 2, 3, 4