Spitting images: truly incredible ?celebrity? portraits Alison Jackson has photographed the Queen of England on the toilet, George Bush and Tony Blair chatting in the sauna, Osama Bin Laden playing backgammon, and Monica Lewinsky lighting Bill Clinton's cigar. Or has she? The likenesses are uncanny, but of course, her subjects are look-alikes. Her photos demonstrate that while seeing is believing, the truth is another story entirely. In her work, Jackson says, ?Likeness becomes real and fantasy touches on the believable. The viewer is suspended in disbelief. I try to highlight the psychological relationship between what we see and what we imagine. This is bound up in our need to look?our voyeurism?and our need to believe.? Indeed, by showing ?celebrities? ostensibly caught unawares, Jackson's pictures show us what we imagine might go on behind closed doors. Her work has caused controversy, not least because it treads in a very gray area between parody and realism by seeming to break down the carefully fortified private lives of public figures. For this edition, Jackson has been commissioned to shoot a broad selection of new portraits of dead-ringers for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Saddam Hussein, George Bush and Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, J Lo, Eminem, Britney Spears, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, and many more. Expect the unexpected! The photographer: After studying fine art photography at London's Royal College of Art, Alison Jackson shocked the world with her award-winning BBC TV series, ?Double Take.? She has exhibited her artwork in contemporary art galleries and museums throughout Europe and North America, and also works in the medium of masscommunication, via films, advertising, television, and books.
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After studying fine art photography at London's Royal College of Art, Alison Jackson shocked the world with her award-winning BBC TV series, "Double Take." She has exhibited her artwork in contemporary art galleries and museums throughout Europe and North America, and also works in the medium of mass communication, via films, advertising, television, and books.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By De Mol Ruddy
Format:Hardcover
Very funny album. Most of the people are really looking as the originals: must be a lot of work. Thank you Alison
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By H. Balzaq
Format:Hardcover
I think she has a great sense of humor. I love the composition of the photographs. It's a great book.
By Spoonluv
Format:Hardcover
Great conversation piece. Very interesting pics of celebs doing stuff you think they wouldnt do.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty funny if you buy it knowing it's all fake.
She has some really good look-a-likes in this book and it's quite amusing. Just buy it knowing it's not real. But good for a laugh.
Published on February 24, 2008 by Amanda M. Carlton
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sigh
Interesting concept, poor execution. With the exception of one or two photos, all of them are rank amateur shots. Read more
Published on January 20, 2008 by GoldenEars
4.0 out of 5 stars
she the one
the book showed the other side of people we look up to , but showed the liter side of them
Published on December 23, 2007 by Kc Dauch
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dull
Alison Jackson has been peddling the same gag for over a decade now through the "funnies" section of the Sundays and even briefly on UK TV. As a meme it's pretty stale by now. Read more
Published on December 10, 2007 by EGAG
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not original
Anybody can make fun of famous people...it's not hard and it's not original. So Alison - better luck next time.
Published on November 22, 2007 by S. S. Sierra
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