Roger Ballen

About Roger Ballen

Born in New York in 1950, Roger Ballen lives and works in Johannesburg (ZA). After studying geology, he began branching out into photography, focusing initially on sunny urban views. He then turned his attention to private interiors, with their collections of objects and their closed worlds. Metaphors of the inner mind, these places lead him to the elaboration of “documentary fictions”, as he himself says. His use of the square format and black and white, both dense and austere, places his work in the realm of visual photography. He represents South Africa at the 2022 Venice Biennale.

Exhibitions at Hangar : Des oiseaux (2022)