{"product_id":"alison-jackson-confidential-9783822846384","title":"Alison Jackson: Confidential","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"description_text_headlines\" class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaring doppelgängers: What you see in this book is not “real”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description_text\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv id=\"description_text\" class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e has photographed the \u003cstrong\u003eQueen of England\u003c\/strong\u003e on the toilet, \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Bush\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTony Blair\u003c\/strong\u003e chatting in the sauna, \u003cstrong\u003eMick Jagger\u003c\/strong\u003e doing gymnastics, and \u003cstrong\u003eMonica Lewinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e lighting \u003cstrong\u003eBill Clinton’s\u003c\/strong\u003e 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. Jackson’s work causes controversy, because it threatens to cross the line between the private and public life of our contemporary icons. Because we unquestioningly accept the authenticity of the photograph, it would appear that we are being given a glimpse of something confidential, a private moment. It is only upon closer examination that we question the reality of the image, and hopefully this makes us question our unwitting tendency to believe everything we see in the media today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor this edition, Jackson has been commissioned to shoot a broad selection of new portraits of dead-ringers for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, George Bush, J. Lo, Eminem, Britney Spears, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, and many more\u003c\/strong\u003e. Expect the unexpected!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith essays by Will Self, Charles Glass, and William Ewing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003eAll photographs © Alison Jackson\u003cbr\u003eAll well-known individuals depicted in this book are not “real.” The photographs have been created using look-alikes. The well-known individuals have not had any involvement in the creation of the photographs and they have not approved them, nor has their approval been sought for the publication of these photographs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom\"\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alison Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48295540228347,"sku":"9783822846384","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_bfa7d15c-59bb-49c2-8552-ef20724147cb.jpg?v=1779995301","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/alison-jackson-confidential-9783822846384","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}