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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

"Outland", Roger Ballen (1950) | PhotoAnthology

Outland

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.

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

Outland

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.

Puppy Between Feet, 1999

Children's Bedroom Wall, 2000

Man Drawing Chalk Faces, 2000

Child in Bird Coop, 1998

Elias Coming out from under John's Bed, 1999

Cat in Fishtank, 2000

Brian with Pet Pig, 1998

Child Under Chest of Drawers, 2000

Hoodwinked, 1996

Cat Catcher, 1998

A boy named Gary, 1998

Woman, Man and Dog, 1995

Rats on Kitchen Table, 1999

Study of Boy and Plant, 1999

Adolescent in Bedroom, 1998

Head Below Wires, 1999

Horse Head on Drawers, 1998

Two Figures, 2000

Man Bending Over, 1998

Tommy, Samson and a Mask, 2000

Portrait of Sleeping Girl, 2000

Eugene on the Phone, 2000

Man with Back to Viewer, 1998

Factory Worker Holding Portrait of Grandfather, 1996

John Behind a Man called Mashillo, 2000

Herman with Hammer, 1997

Books

Outland

Phaidon, 2001

Roger Ballen

Actes Sud, 2012

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

Prestel, 2013

Ballenesque - Roger Ballen: A Retrospective

Thames & Hudson, 2022

The World According to Roger Ballen

Thames & Hudson, 2020

Roger Ballen: Photographs 1969-2009

Kerber, 2011

Ballenesque - Roger Ballen: A Retrospective

Thames & Hudson, 2017

More by Roger Ballen

Boarding House, 2008

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.

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.

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