Harry Borden - Famous Portrait Photographer To Celebrities

Happy Single MOM

Harry Borden is one of the UK’s finest portrait photographers and his work has appeared in many of the world’s foremost publications including The New Yorker, Vogue and Time.

He won prizes at the World Press Photo awards (1997 and 1999) and was a judge in the contest in 2010 and 2011. In 2005 he had his first solo show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the organisation currently have 117 of his prints in their archive.

In January 2017, his book ‘Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust’, was published by Octopus. Martin Parr said, “something really to behold…” and Alain de Botton declared it,​ “A masterpiece and deeply moving”. In 2018 it was judged one of the year’s 10 best photography books by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. His second book, Single Dad came out in March 2021. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

'Single Dad', 104pp, cloth spine, 168 x 222mm. Photography by Harry Borden. Foreword by Sir Bob Geldof.

These raw and tender portraits of single-parent dads are combined with moving testimonies about their love and loss, hopes and fears. The result is a much-needed celebration of the innate ability in all fathers to nurture and love.

Some of the questions i asked in the interview :

1. Tell me about your single father's story?
2. Can you tell us a bit about your single dad book and why those images are so important?
3. What advice do you have for people wishing to go into photography?
4. Why do we need to capture more photos?
5. How have you been able to express yourself during the pandemic
6. Where can people find you on social media

Follow him on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/harryborden/

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