Podcast Interview with Roger Ballen

Roger Ballen is a legendary fine art photographer who grew up in New York and moved to South Africa many years ago. He has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world, and this April has an upcoming exhibition at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles. His innovative work has created a new adjective in the Art world: “ Ballenesque”. In this 2nd interview, the very first for the Podcast, I had the opportunity to get inside the thought process of the artist and his worldview, and talk about the new retrospective book “Ballenesque”.

INTERVIEW WITH ROGER BALLEN

 

10 IMAGES FROM THE BOOK ‘BALLENESQUE’ BY ROGER BALLEN.

Mimicry, 2005

 

 

Dead Cat, New York, 1970

 

 

Tommy Samson and a Mask, 2000

 

 

Old Man, Ottoshoop, 1983

 

 

Man Shaving on Veranda, Western Transvaal, 1986

 

 

Head Below Wires, 1999

 

 

Cut Loose, 2003

 

 

Hug, 2016

Collaboration with Hans Lemmen

 

 

Stare, 2008

 

 

 

ALL IMAGES Credit: Courtesy Thames & Hudson

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