Mark Borthwick book signing for ‘Out of Date’: Pola Pan 1984–1996.

One of the most original and influential voices in fashion photography Borthwick broke through the conventions to become q pioneering cult hero of the 1990s fashion scene. In this large volume of 384 pages, his major major publication in fifteen years, he revisits his early black-and-white work shot on Pola Pan polaroid film.
Borthwick digs deep into his archive of early work shot on Pola Pan—a 35mm black-and-white instant Polaroid film that he began experimenting with in the mid-80s. The young photographer was elliptically charmed by this film, which taught him the fragility of time and unwittingly encouraged him to trust in the virtues of mistakes, shaping his gentle, romantic, and dreamy signature photographic aesthetic. The book features his documentation of the streets of Paris and New York in the 1980s and 1990s, including portraits of family and friends; early fashion work featuring iconic models such as Kate Moss, Carolyn Murphy, Kristen Owen, and Stella Tennant; collaborations with fashion designers such as Maria Cornejo, John Galliano, and his muses such as Chlöe Sevigny, Kim Gordon, Jane Birkin, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Hutchinson, and Vanessa Paradis; and his iconic album covers for Sinéad O’Connor.
A groundbreaking fashion photographer, artist, and musician, this book will appeal to the legion of devoted fans of fashion, contemporary art, photography, and the alternative music scene. Foreword by Carla Sozzani.

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