English - Artist | May 15, 1960 -
If you see everything through the lens, you are constantly composing pictures. I think in pictures; I don't think in text.
Alison Jackson
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Celebrities do look different in real life from our images of them - there is a big gap. And that is what my work is about: the gap between the image and the celebrity themselves.
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You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong.
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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 that more often.
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I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.
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It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.
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Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.
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Finding the perfect lookalike to work with is crucial and a lengthy process. We have our regulars, but we also use social media all the time to find people. It's amazing who you can unearth on Twitter.
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I go up to people and ask if I can use them in my photos. Occasionally it is the person in question, as happened with James Hewitt. How embarrassing. He just laughed and said, 'You can't afford me.'
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Now celebrity has taken on a holy status all of its own, and we look to the stars to provide us with the transcendental experience that was once achieved through religion.
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Warhol was the ultimate voyeur, constantly observing people through the lens. He watched and listened, but did not participate. Behind the camera, Warhol was in control.
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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 we want it.
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