On Divorce
On Divorce is the debut title in a new portrait photography series by The School of Life. The photographs and accompanying texts were captured and recorded over two years by British photographer Harry Borden (himself divorced). The images are a mirror that can help to correct some of what we think we know of divorce and pull us in a different direction: towards compassion, identification, curiosity, self-reflection and empathy.
The book features an introduction by The School of Life, which gives context to Borden’s photographic study.
Harry Borden is an acclaimed British portrait photographer. His work is regularly published in major news outlets and is part of the collection of The National Portrait Gallery in London. Previous publications include Single Dad (2021) and Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust (2017).
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Harry Borden is one of Britain’s most acclaimed portrait photographers. His work has appeared in many of the world’s foremost publications including The New Yorker, Vogue, GQ, and Time. Borden has exhibited widely, including the solo show “Harry Borden on Business” at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2005. In January 2017, his book Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust was published to much acclaim and was judged as one of the year’s ten best photography books by the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. His second book, Single Dad, was published by Hoxton Mini Press in 2021.