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"Boarding House", Roger Ballen (1950) | PhotoAnthology

Boarding House

Roger Ballen (1950)

Psychologically charged black-and-white images created in a decaying warehouse, where fragmented figures and symbolic clutter blur the line between dream and delirium.

With contributions from: Alasdair Foster (curator). Suggest an Edit

Boarding House

Roger Ballen (1950)

Psychologically charged black-and-white images created in a decaying warehouse, where fragmented figures and symbolic clutter blur the line between dream and delirium.

With contributions from: Alasdair Foster (curator). Suggest an Edit

Boarding House, 2008

Giraffe House, 2007

Snarling Dog, 2007

Place of the Upside Down, 2004

Seed Pods, 2008

Celebration, 2007

Collision, 2005

Happy Happy, 2000

Confinement, 2003

Concealed, 2003

Scavenging, 2004

Girl in White Dress, 2002

Washing Line, 2005

Fragments, 2005

Appearances, 2003

Bewildered, 2003

Contemplation, 2004

Cut Loose, 2005

Books

Boarding House

Phaidon, 2009

Ballenesque - Roger Ballen: A Retrospective

Thames & Hudson, 2017

Roger Ballen: Photographs 1969-2009

Kerber, 2011

The World According to Roger Ballen

Thames & Hudson, 2020

Ballenesque - Roger Ballen: A Retrospective

Thames & Hudson, 2022

Lines, Marks, and Drawings: Through the Lens of Roger Ballen

Prestel, 2013

Contemplation

Phaidon, 2009

Roger Ballen

Actes Sud, 2012

More by Roger Ballen

Take Off, 2012

Asylum of the Birds

Roger Ballen (1950)

Symbolic exploration of psychological dualities, staged within a surreal and confined environment inhabited by humans and birds.

Puppy Between Feet, 1999

Roger Ballen (1950)

Life on the margins of society for white South Africans during political transition through portraits in staged interiors with animals, objects, and signs of isolation.

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