Alison Jackson quotes

You can watch a little bit of war from your nice living room - 30 seconds of what's going on in Syria - and when you've had enough, switch over to some celebrity programme. We live our life through screens and images in this way, and we don't know what is real or fake anymore. It doesn't matter. (Alison Jackson)
I am fascinated by the Royal Family because they are shrouded in mystique, and the Queen, and to a certain extent William, represent fabulous blank canvases. I find the Prince of Wales less fascinating because he spills the beans and we know too much about him. View quote
Alison Jackson
I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception. View quote
Alison Jackson
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. View quote
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A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about. View quote
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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 how we live through photography, and how you can twist an angle to create a different perception of a person. View quote
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I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor. View quote
Alison Jackson
The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the sex goddess, Camilla Parker Bowles is cast as the wicked witch, Che Guevara is the revolutionary. Celebrities have become visual shorthand for narratives that shape our lives. View quote
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I can't remember exactly how old I was when my parents gave me my first camera, but it was a Canon, and I was certainly far too young to have such a good camera. View quote
Alison Jackson
If you see everything through the lens, you are constantly composing pictures. I think in pictures; I don't think in text. View quote
Alison Jackson
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 into a false sense of complacency. (Alison Jackson)
You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong. View quote
Alison Jackson