Harry Borden
{{Short description|British photographer (born 1965)}}
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Harry Borden (born 1965) is a British portrait photographer based in London. His subjects have included celebrities and politicians. Examples of Borden's work are held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London[http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2005/harry-borden-on-business.php "Harry Borden on Business"] National Portrait Gallery, London. Accessed 15 October 2016 and National Portrait Gallery, Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/1999.8/michael-hutchence|title=Michael Hutchence, 1997|website=National Portrait Gallery collection}}
Early life and education
Borden was born in New York and brought up in Devon. He is the brother of painters Nicholas Borden and Frances Borden. He studied photography at Plymouth College of Art and Design (1985–87).
Life and work
Borden moved to London after graduation, where he worked as an assistant for Lester Bookbinder. He received his first commission from The Observer in 1994. Borden's portraits appeared regularly in this and other Sunday supplements, Harpers & Queen, Vogue and The New Yorker.
In June 2005, he had his first solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London. Harry Borden: On Business included 30 portraits of leading business leaders. The NPG holds more than 100 examples of Borden’s work in its photographic collection.{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp10699/harry-borden?role=art|title=National Portrait Gallery|work=npg.org.uk}}
In 2017 his book Survivor, A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust was published by Octopus.{{Cite book|url=https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781844039562|title = Survivor|date = 29 March 2019|isbn = 9781844039562|last1 = Borden|first1 = Harry| publisher=Octopus }} The book had been previously shortlisted for the European Publishers Award for Photography in 2014 and was judged among the 10 best Photography books of 2018 by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/2017-book-awards/2018-winners/ |title=2018 Awards – the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223011209/http://www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk/2017-book-awards/2018-winners/ |url-status=dead }}
In 2021 his second book Single Dad was published by Hoxton Mini Press.{{Cite book|url=https://www.hoxtonminipress.com/products/single-dad|title=Single Dad }}
Personal life
Awards
- 1997: World Press Photo awards{{cite web|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/1997|title=1997 Photo Contest|website=worldpressphoto.org|accessdate=12 May 2017}}
- 1999: World Press Photo awards{{cite web|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/1999|title=1999 Photo Contest|website=worldpressphoto.org|accessdate=12 May 2017}}
- 1998: John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
- 2000: John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
- 2014: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society[http://www.rps.org/news/2014/september/rps-awards-2014 "RPS Awards 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911213011/http://www.rps.org/news/2014/september/rps-awards-2014 |date=11 September 2014 }}. Royal Photographic Society. Accessed 15 October 2016
- 2018: Environmental Bursary, 2018 Over 30 Recipient, Royal Photographic Society, Bath{{cite web|accessdate=2018-12-10|title=The Royal Photographic Society Awards 2018|url=http://www.rps.org/news/2018/november/the-royal-photographic-society-awards-2018|website=www.rps.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204113432/http://www.rps.org/news/2018/november/the-royal-photographic-society-awards-2018|archive-date=2018-12-04|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.harryborden.com}}
- [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp10699&role=art Profile] at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- [http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=137973 "Extraordinary people", Jerusalem Post, 2009.]
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