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Alison Jackson (born 15 May 1960) is an English artist, photographer and filmmaker. Her work explores the theme of celebrity culture. She makes realistic work of celebrities doing things in private using lookalikes.
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Alison Jackson attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London between 1993 and 1997, and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Sculpture).[1]
In 1999, Jackson created black-and-white photographs that appeared to show Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed with a mixed-racelove child. The photographs, titled Mental Images, were part of her graduation show at the RCA. She has used lookalikes to create photographs and films of celebrities in private situations.[2] At the RCA, Jackson won a number of awards including The Photographers' Gallery Award and in 2002, her advertising campaign for Schweppes drinks won gold and silver awards from Campaign magazine.[1]
Jackson has created many TV shows and was the artist and creator behind BBC Two's 2003 series Doubletake, which she created, wrote, directed, and co-produced with Tiger Aspect, and for which she won and was nominated for BAFTAs.[4][5]
2001–2003 Schweppes UK: advertising campaign. Created concept, devised ideas and photographed
2002 Doubletake. BBC2. Created, directed, wrote special. BAFTA
2003 Doubletake. BBC2. Created, directed, wrote and produced 6 part series based on Mental Images
Crick, Michael (22 August 2014). ""La Trashiata": satirising celebrity culture the Alison Jackson way". channel4.com/news. Channel 4. Retrieved 1 December 2015. ... a brilliant satire of modern celebrity culture. The Queen, Princes William and Harry; Kate and Pippa Middleton; Putin, Gordon Ramsay, David Beckham, Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi; Madonna and Lady Gaga, among others, all feature in a string of 14 famous, but rewritten, operatic arias."