Gabriella Blumberg Translates Roger Ballen’s Surreal Imagery Into Motion By Underground Press Published Friday, 29 May 2026 12:04 An experimental short film, Spirits and Spaces, inspired by the book of the same name by world-renowned photographer and artist Roger Ballen—his first publication in colour—enters the strange psychological terrain that defines the Ballenesque: a world that is chaotic, absurd, and deeply subconscious. Now available to view on YouTube, the film was c

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