Polly Borland
(1959-), PhotographerArtist 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.
Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, September 1999
NPG x88444
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, November 1999
NPG x88445
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, November 1999
NPG x88446
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, October 1999
NPG x88448
Barry Humphries as Sir Les Patterson
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, October 1999
NPG x88449
by Polly Borland
bromide print, October 1999
NPG x88450
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, November 1999
NPG x88451
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, November 1999
NPG x88453
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, September 1999
NPG x88454
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, October 1999
NPG x88457
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, December 1999
NPG x88462
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, October 1999
NPG x88465
Peter Neville Frederick Porter
by Polly Borland
chromogenic print, July 1999
NPG x88466
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