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Polly Borland

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Australian photographer (born 1959)

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Smudge
  • Morph
  • PlayPen
  • True Colours
  • Princess and the Pea

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Type
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Quotes

  • "Editorial work came easily to me, but it was always a means to an end – it consumed me, it interested me, but I still found it creatively restrictive,"
  • "Much of my work is about love," she says. "I know that sounds naive, but it is about my relationship with people and their ability to trust me. I don't feel like I am manipulating people."
  • "The common link was that they all felt unloved as kids. I actually felt the whole thing wasn't that psychologically interesting. That's how it resonated with me. That's how they chose to rationalise it. I am a voyeur; at the same time I am willing to get stuck in too."
  • "I think that anyone who is working creatively is a bit like litmus paper," she concludes. "I soak up a lot of stuff. I am hyper-sensitive and along the way I lead quite a conventional life. Maybe I am not acting out that stuff because it's in my work. It comes from existential angst. I think life's difficult."

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Melbourne
Occupation
photographer
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.pollyborland.com
Image
Polly Borland at the National Gallery of Victoria.jpg
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date of birth
1959-01-01
has works in the collection
National Gallery of Victoria
start of work period
1980-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism
Commons category
Polly Borland
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