2026-05-22 Five Hands, 2006 - Roger Ballen On June 6 at 18:00, the contemporary photography platform ISSP will host a public lecture and audience meeting with the world-renowned photographer Roger Ballen. The event is organized in collaboration with the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils, where a major retrospective exhibition of the artist will open the day before. During the meeting, it will be possible to purchase the artist’s books and receive his autograph. Roger Balle

Alms, 2023 Roger Ballen is one of today's most influential and distinctive photographers, with his work spanning over four decades. His extreme and absurd style, notoriously in stark black and white (coined Ballenesque), is vividly brought to life by incorporating color for the first time in his most recent publication, Spirits and Spaces. His work has always been surreal and confrontational, but color reflects reality in a way the previous black and white style couldn't. Bal

Maverick Life BOOK EXCERPT Spirits and Spaces: An exploration of the human psyche Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces creates a world where animals and art brut-like drawings dominate, and humanity is reduced to obscure figures or fragmented body parts. By Roger Ballen 11 May 2026 Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces. (Images: Thames and Hudson) Roger Ballen’s latest publication, Spirits and Spaces, is a photobook presenting universes that are