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Barbara Bordnick Fashion / Fine Art Photographer Exploring the Secret Landscapes of Cut Flowers by David Soto Article rating: 5.40

Barbara Bordnick started out studying to be a fashion designer however her instincts took her towards photography which she eventually acquiesced to while living abroad.  A New York native born in the Bronx she studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.  After her tri-borough experience Bordnick set her sights on Europe where she and her husband went after her graduation, settling in both Copenhagen and Paris.  In Europe Bordnick found that her degree in fashion design would not serve her on a practical level, she didn’t want it to, instead it would give her the foundation towards becoming an acclaimed fashion photographer – working for publications such as: The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Time, Newsweek, Forbes, Fortune, Vogue and Vanity Fair among others.

After solidifying her interest in pursuing photography professionally Bordnick returned to New York and eventually opened her own studio.  In New York she took on projects ranging from “America’s Great Women of Jazz,” a calendar commissioned by Polaroid that used large format Polaroid film, which had not been done before for a project of that scale.  She also directed Clio-winning television commercials involving her fashion vision.  In addition her image of Yip Harburg will be used to commemorate the American lyricist on a United States Postal Service commemorative stamp in 2005.

More recently Bordnick has embarked on a new journey, moving away from her editorial work – trading fashion for flora.  Her two recently published books: Searchings: Secret Landscapes of Flowers and the follow up Volume II have been extremely well received and rightly so.  Completely immersed in her new subjects Bordnick’s images stir up thoughts of Edward Weston’s natural forms.  For this project however Bordnick made the switch to digital photography – and has said that she fell in love not only with the immediacy but the quality of the images.  Her Searching series has been so popular that a third volume is scheduled for release in the fall of 2005.

Aside from all of her accolades as a photographer Bordnick has also served as president of the American Society of Media Photographers of New York (ASMPNY) the first woman to hold the post – where she held a strong position as an advocate for photographer’s rights.  She is also a much sought-after lecturer and adjunct professor at the Parsons School of Photography in New York City.  Her work has been displayed internationally and she has work in the permanent collections of the International Center of Photography.

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