Polly Borland (1959-), Photographer
Artist of 72 portraits
Born in Melbourne, Polly Borland has lived in the UK since 1989 and has established an international reputation for her work in both portraiture and reportage. She shoots regularly for numerous UK and US publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Independentand Dazed and Confused. She says that, 'the best portraiture is when you get beneath the skin of someone, it's psychologically revealing. You penetrate below the surface.' Borland won the 1994 John Kobal Photography Portrait Award. In 2000 the National Portrait Gallery commissioned Borland to take a series of photographs, Australians, for an exhibition to celebrate that country's 200th anniversary.
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, 1994 or before
NPG x75857
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1995
NPG x87279
Hon. Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, 1995
NPG x75859
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, 19 February 1997
NPG x87275
Julie Burchill; Charlotte Raven
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, 26 August 1997
NPG x87274
The Wilson Twins (Jane Wilson; Louise Wilson)
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1998
NPG x87759
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1998
NPG x87746
'Muf' (Liza Fior; Juliet Bidgood; Katherine Clarke)
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1998
NPG x87760
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, August 1999
NPG x88440
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, August 1999
NPG x88443
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, September 1999
NPG x88444
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1999
NPG x88445
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, November 1999
NPG x88446
by Polly Borland
C-type colour print, October 1999
NPG x88448
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