Alison Webster (photographer)
Alison Webster | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alison Valda Webster |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Employer(s) | The Sun newspaper News Corp UK |
| Predecessor | Alan Strutt |
| Spouse | Geoff Webster |
| Children | Charlie Jacks[1] and Benjamin E. Jacks |
| Website | alisonwebster |
Alison Valda Webster was the official Page 3 photographer for The Sun newspaper.[2] She has worked in the British national newspaper industry for 30 years.[3] Following the retirement of longtime principal Page 3 photographer Beverley Goodway in 2003, Webster took over the role in 2005.[2] Her work on Page 3 came to an end when The Sun discontinued the Page 3 print edition in January 2015 and closed down the Page3.com website in 2017.
Controversy[edit]
The No More Page 3 campaign launched in 2012 with the goal of ending the tradition of publishing topless models in The Sun. When asked about the campaign, Webster said that, "people should be able to make their own choices."[2] She also commented: "The photographs have stayed the same for 40 years. They've not got any more explicit. It staggers me that some, particularly young people, still have an issue with them. ... The argument is the wrong way round. If you have a problem with your body, if, as a child, you grew up with certain body issues, then I can see how Page Three could affect you. But if you are comfortable with yourself then it will have no effect on you at all."[4]
Private life[edit]
Webster is married to the deputy editor of The Sun, Geoff Webster, who was cleared in March 2015, along with colleagues, of making illegal payments to public officials after a trial at the Old Bailey. The journalists had been charged as part of Operation Elveden.[5]
Webster nearly died as a result of blood clots causing pulmonary hypertension, but was operated on in 2011.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Sturgess, Trevor (6 January 2012). "Meet the Page Three girls snapper". Kent Business. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Jukes, Peter (22 April 2013). "The End of Rupert Murdoch's Page 3 Girl?". Newsweek. in The Daily Beast. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Vellacott, James (9 August 2010). "Page Three photography". ePHOTOzine. Magezine Publishing. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Rehman, Najeeb (17 September 2012). "Should Page Three be banned?". Body Confidential. Confidential Publishing. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Sun journalists cleared in payments trial". BBC News. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
