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

Book Review: Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces October 12th, 2025 by Michael Ernest Sweet Curious Cat, 2023 (c) Roger Ballen Many photographers work by responding to the world around them. They walk, they look, they frame. They hunt for images already present in the environment — waiting to be noticed, captured, claimed. Roger Ballen does something fundamentally different. He constructs the very worlds he photographs. The spirits, the spaces, the uncanny tableaux — these are n

ANTINOMIES - Writing and Images - by Mauro Zanchi 20/06/2025 School Room, 2003 Among the artists in dialogue in the exhibition Mario...

The Eiger African Photobook of the Year Award : Interview with Roger Ballen – THE EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Baffled, 2020 Founded in 2012 in...

SPAZIO EVENTI LA TOLETTA 20/09/2024 – 20/11/2024 The Theatre of Apparitions , la più nota opera sperimentale del fotografo di culto ...

Roger Ballen / Lightless Compelling Exploration Lightless Compelling Exploration Spotlight by Maria Abramenko on “Ballen by Ballen”...

Roger Ballen as a visionary artist Roger Ballen is a visionary artist, who with his research reveals a surreal and often disturbing...

Disturbing projections. Roger Ballen and Joel-Peter Witkin by Mauro Zanchi 20/03/2024 The closeness between the works of Joel-Peter...

MUSEE MAGAZINE – Vanguard of Photography Culture Roger Ballen & Joel-Peter Witkin: The Uncanny Lens / La Lente Inquietante | Castel Ivano...

A joint exhibition by the two most surprising contemporary photographers: Joel-Peter Witkin and Roger Ballen . This is what offers the...

Les Douches la galerie : Roger Ballen : Enigma https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/les-douches-la-galerie-roger-ballen-enigma/ Les...

Roger Ballen Takes Us Into ‘The Void’ By Ellyn Kail on September 17, 2023 Headless, 2006 Roger Ballen first heard the ancient myth of...

Photographers on Photographers: Suzanne T. White in Conversation with Roger Ballen Courtyard View, 2001 Roger Ballen generously took...

Roger Ballen’s wildlife art The Independent July 27, 2023 ARTS , In The Magazine Renowned artist confronts destruction in latest art show...

Renowned artist confronts destruction of African wildlife in latest art show By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Posted on June 10, 2023 Artist and...

Boys Will Be Boys: A Celebration of Growing Up Male Full of roaring exuberant fellowship, a new book presents images of boys at play...

When award-winning artwork can be generated by algorithms, where does that leave artists? By Tiana Cline What is an artist? In the age...

Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg Carlos Amato 30 Oct 2022 Getting the Ballen-ce right: Hungry Dog. Photographer...