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Polly Borland
'Everyone wants to know the story about the Queen'
Portrait story
Australian photographer, Polly Borland, describes the hectic experience of photographing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Polly Borland
Biography
Polly Borland, born in Melbourne in 1959, began her photographic career in Australia before moving to London in 1989.
23 portraits in the collection
Ron Mueck, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Pat Cash, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
In profile
Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
Polly Borland, 2015
by John Tsiavis
Image
Polly Borland on Germaine Greer
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2017
Professor Germaine Greer, 1999
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2001
John Hillcoat, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Bruce Gyngell, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Geoffrey Roland Robertson, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Sir Alec Nigel Broers, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue), 2001
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2021
Yvonne Denise Kenny, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
Leanne Benjamin, 1999 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022
John Williams, 2000 (printed 2022)
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2022