SHADOW LAND – THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ROGER BALLEN 1982-2015
Curated by Pia Hovi-Assad and Anni Venäläinen
For Roger Ballen, photography is a journey of exploration into the human condition. His uncannily beautiful, almost disturbing pictures from remote South African villages and the outskirts of towns remain vividly in the mind. Ballen began his career as a documentary photographer. Gradually his work has developed into dreamlike tableaux featuring objects, people, animals and drawings. Ballen has used black-and-white photography throughout his entire career.