"Boarding House" shows an imaginary space of transient residence, of coming and goings, of people without homes, sheltering in an abode that they are using for their immediate survival. The structure is basic and fundamental and it is furnished with objects that are necessarily for an elementary exi[...]
An exploration of "the Ballenesque" over the four-decade-long career of this daring artist--representing an entirely fresh edit by Roger Ballen himself and featuring many previously unpublished images[...]
Available again in hardback, Outland is the culmination of twenty years' work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen. His photographs of whites on the fringes of South African society are disturbing, exciting and impossible to forget.[...]
Available again in hardback, Shadow Chamber features a major body of work made by Roger Ballen after the publication of the award-winning Outland (2001). Ballen challenges the ways in which we perceive the 'reality' of photography. His striking, ambiguous images of people, animals and objects posed [...]
With more than 25 million hits and counting since its uploading on YouTube in 2012, "I Fink You Freeky" has brought its director Roger Ballen and its subject, rap group Die Antwoord, into the zeitgeist of young people around the globe. Shot in black and white and featuring imagery, scenes and subjec[...]
The seminal work by photographer and artist Roger Ballen, re-released in an expanded edition with never-before-seen images from Ballen's archive. The culmination of nearly 20 years of work, Outland marked Ballen's move from documentary photography into the realms of fiction and propelled him into t[...]
Dorps, The small towns of South Africa is about a part of 'Old Africa' that is quickly disappearing. From 1982 to 1986, Roger Ballen, an American, travelled widely throughout South Africa, visiting its scattered towns and villages. During this time he developed a unique vision towards little-known c[...]