Alison Jackson — English Artist born on May 15, 1960,
Alison Jackson is a British artist known for her lookalike photographs of celebrities. She has won a BAFTA for BBC 2's series Doubletake. She has also had three collections of her photographic work published... (wikipedia)
The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity.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.
