The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the… — Alison Jackson Become 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 Carry Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images… — Alison Jackson Celebrity Copy Share Image
I had a very outdoorsy childhood. I was athletic and used to ride and do dressage. I could ride almost before I… — Alison Jackson Almost 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 About Copy Share Image
I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I… — Alison Jackson Also 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 Acts Copy Share Image
I think privacy is important, and it's important you don't bore people with your own boring self. — Alison Jackson Bore 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 Believe Copy Share Image
I am very pro-royal. Britain without them would be a sadder place. — Alison Jackson Am 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 About Copy Share Image
Celebrities do look different in real life from our images of them - there is a big gap. And that is what… — Alison Jackson About Copy Share Image
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… — Alison Jackson Brad 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 Among Copy Share Image
Finding the perfect lookalike to work with is crucial and a lengthy process. We have our regulars, but we also use social… — Alison Jackson Also Copy Share Image
Because Bin Laden's culture doesn't permit the worship of images, they understand how powerful images are. We wouldn't have thought of creating… — Alison Jackson Because Copy Share Image
When Princess Diana died, I couldn't understand why people were mourning her death in such an enormous, hysterical way when they didn't… — Alison Jackson Actually Copy Share Image
I am fascinated by the Royal Family because they are shrouded in mystique, and the Queen, and to a certain extent William,… — Alison Jackson Beans 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 Afford Copy Share Image
I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception. — Alison Jackson How Copy Share Image
There is a wall of myth around royals and A-list celebrities, and that makes us wonder what they are really like. We… — Alison Jackson Around 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 Composing Copy Share Image
Of course, my own political beliefs inform the ideas I come up with. — Alison Jackson Beliefs Copy Share Image
