Roger Ballen, Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal, 1993 |
Shadow Land: Photographs by Roger Ballen, 1983-2011 is at Manchester Art Gallery until 13 May. Ballen was born in New York but has lived and worked in South Africa for 30 years. His black and white pictures are distinctive and often disturbing - he describes his work as 'documentary fiction', blurring the line between fantasy and reality. This is his first major show in the UK.
Ballen has recently collaborated with the band Die Antwoord - watch I fink u freeky, the video he has directed for them.
Read article by Sean O'Hagan and see several features collected on ASX: American Suburb X: Photography and Culture.
Read article by Sean O'Hagan and see several features collected on ASX: American Suburb X: Photography and Culture.
Roger Ballen, Puppy Between Feet, 1999 |
Roger Ballen, Eulogy, 2004 |
Roger Ballen, Sergeant F. De Brun, Department of Prisons Employee, Orange Free State, 1992 |
Roger Ballen, still from Die Antwoord's I fink u freeky (click on image to play video) |
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