A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
I go up to people and ask if I can use them in my photos. Occasionally it is the person in question,… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
If you see everything through the lens, you are constantly composing pictures. I think in pictures; I don't think in text. — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
Among other things, I use a Samsung mobile phone, a very bad quality video camera, and an old Olympus with extremely bad… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
When I am preparing my 'lookalike' photographs, I think about the character of the real people, because, if the photographs are going… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it,… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
Photography seduces us into thinking we can believe photographs, whereas we can't really believe that a picture can tell us any kind… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
I suppose we carry photographs now, but I think it's rather wonderful that people used to carry drawings and watercolours. I wish… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
Photography can be a deceitful, superficial medium that leads us into believing something even though we know it's not necessarily true. It… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
I can't remember exactly how old I was when my parents gave me my first camera, but it was a Canon, and… — Alison Jackson Copy Share Image
The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the sex goddess,… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I suppose we carry photographs now, but I think it's rather wonderful that people used to carry drawings and watercolours. I wish people did… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians,… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I had a very outdoorsy childhood. I was athletic and used to ride and do dressage. I could ride almost before I could walk.… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I also make… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I think privacy is important, and it's important you don't bore people with your own boring self. — Alison Jackson Copy Share
Photography can be a deceitful, superficial medium that leads us into believing something even though we know it's not necessarily true. It lulls us… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
When I am preparing my 'lookalike' photographs, I think about the character of the real people, because, if the photographs are going to be… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
Celebrities do look different in real life from our images of them - there is a big gap. And that is what my work… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
I'd like to take more pictures of real celebrities. It would be fabulous to photograph Brad Pitt. He's so good-looking and just such a… — Alison Jackson Copy Share
