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Roger Ballen

Roger Ballen, Eugene on the Phone, 2000, black and white photograph, a figure in a stark interior holding a telephone
Roger Ballen, Head Inside Shirt, 2001, black and white photograph, a figure obscured inside a shirt in Ballen's characteristic surreal and psychologically charged style
Roger Ballen, Head Inside Shirt, 2001

Roger Ballen was born in New York City, New York, USA in 1950. He has lived in Johannesburg South Africa since the 1970s. More of Mr. Ballen’s work can be seen on his website: http://www.rogerballen.com/

Roger Ballen, Head Below Wires, 1999, black and white photograph, a figure beneath a tangle of wires in a spare interior
Roger Ballen, Head Below Wires, 1999

In the fall of 2005, Phaidon press produced its second book by the artist, entitled ‘Shadow Chamber’. The book focuses on the interactions between the people, animals, and or objects that inhabit Ballen’s unique image space. Ballen’s recent work enters into a new realm of photography — the images are painterly and sculptural in ways not immediately associated with photographs. Ballen is trying to give with his arts a reflection on the own psyche.

Roger Ballen, Eugene on the Phone, 2000, black and white photograph, a figure in a stark interior holding a telephone
Roger Ballen,
Eugene on the Phone, 2000
Roger Ballen, Sheep on Cupboard, 2003, black and white photograph, a sheep perched on a cupboard in a cluttered interior space
Roger Ballen,
Sheep on Cupboard, 2003
Roger Ballen, One Arm Goose, 2004, black and white photograph, a goose with one wing in a strange domestic interior
Roger Ballen,
One Arm Goose, 2004
Roger Ballen, Brian with Pet Pig, 1998, black and white photograph, a man with a pig in a sparse and unsettling interior
Roger Ballen,
Brian with Pet Pig, 1998

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ballen

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