Articles & Interviews | Roger Ballen Photography

Great art has to relate to the universal, not to the sensational or what sells

By Roger Ballen on February 6, 2018 in Articles

Roger Ballen is perhaps the leading living art photographer. Ballen, who now lives in South Africa, is known not only for the themes of his photographs but also for their artistic values. He has written several monographs and held exhibitions over the last four decades. His name is recognized in artistic and cultural circles around [...]

Mila de Villiers in conversation with Roger Ballen

By Mila de Villiers on December 18, 2017 in Interviews

If you’re familiar with Die Antwoord, images of an anomalous Johannesburg, or raw photos of South Africa’s rural Afrikaans communities, you’ve probably come across Roger Ballen.

Roger Ballen and Die Antwoord team up for skateboard collab

By Ashleigh Kane on November 27, 2017 in Articles

The warped South African artist taps Yo-landi and Ninja for a series of skateboards that will help fund skate schools in Johannesburg.

Ballenesque (Roger Ballen: A Retrospective)

By Eugene Rabkin on November 8, 2017 in Articles

The 366-page monograph, contains 345 illustrations, mostly photographs and some paintings, and is the first comprehensive retrospective of Ballen’s work.

Be in the right frame of mind for Roger Ballen

By John L. Tran on November 7, 2017 in Articles

In one of Roger Ballen’s most well-known images, a picture of F. de Bruin of the Orange Free State prison service, the elderly sergeant looks out at us with the forlorn look of a tired beagle, not at all the face of an enforcer of white supremacy. The subject’s belt is slack, his uniform slightly […]

Ken Weingart Interviews Roger Ballen

By Roger Ballen on November 5, 2017 in Interviews

Ken Weingart interviews photographer Roger Ballen. Ken has been producing interviews for his Art and Photography blog.

Uncontaminated Oslo Fashion Art Festival

By Uncontaminated Oslo Fashion Art Festival on September 21, 2017 in Interviews

This interview was originally published on uncontaminatedoslo.com "My photographs are psychological in nature and the goal is to penetrate the viewers conscious mind and lodge itself in the subconscious." QA: U: What are the main reasons you are joining us for the festival this year? RB: I am always delighted to show my work in different new [...]

Roger Ballen’s ‘St. Moritz’ at Galerie Karsten Greve

By BLOUIN ARTINFO on September 19, 2017 in Articles

This article was originally published on BLOUIN ARTINFO Galerie Karsten Greve presents Roger Ballen’s "St. Moritz" at their gallery venue in St. Moritz. The exhibition showcases a series of Roger Ballen’s meticulously created works, arranged intricately and staged upon to be photographed. The self-taught artist, a Ph.D. in geology, knows his materials well. It’s like soil [...]

Dark Photographs Of What It’s Like To Live On The Edge Of Madness

By María Isabel Carrasco Cara Chards on September 18, 2017 in Interviews

This article was originally published on culturacolectiva.com You better say farewell to the person you are right now, because by the end of this photographic journey, you will never be the same again. This is a journey into the depths of the mind, to a place where the limits between reality and fantasy blur. This [...]

House of the Ballenesque

By Roger Ballen on July 11, 2017 in Videos

Roger Ballen revisits Arles in France after an absence of 15 years and transforms an abandoned house that he visited in 2012. Join Roger on his rediscovery and allow your mind to be transformed. The House of the Ballenesque is featured in Arles at Les Recontres de la Photographie until 24 September 2017.

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