WRITTEN BY JEAN-JACQUES NAUDET                                                                                            Roger Ballen photographed by Marguerite Rossouw Roger Ballen  is one of the most astonishing and creative contemporary photographers. A sublime retrospective book has just been published by Thames and Hudson. A photography center bearing his name has just opened in Johannesburg.  And a mini-exhibition dedicated to him runs from November 5 to 15 at: 7 Ron

Q&A with a Legend: Roger Ballen A chaotic, beautiful, and disturbing blend of portraiture, installation, and drawing. by  Christopher Armstrong • Roger Ballen, 2018 - photographer Marguerite Rossouw Industry Icons Some photographs provide answers; Roger Ballen 's work has only ever offered me profound, unsettling questions. I can’t recall the exact image I saw first, but I’ll never forget the feeling: the sense of peering into a place both intensely real and fantastically ima

Review by Gerhard Clausing  • October 2025 First Love, 2018 As always, one has to take a very deep dive into people’s psyche, including one’s own, to understand the art of Roger Ballen. His latest publication, Spirits and Spaces , continues his exploration of the human psyche and the ambiguous terrain in which dreams, nightmares, and realities intersect. Ballen has always been a master at presenting universes that are simultaneously intimate and unsettling, and this volume co