First edition
First impression
Large format hardback in new condition
Signed and doodled by Roger Ballen to title page
Please note the book is new, but there is a bump to back top corner.
AboutBallenesque
Roger Ballen is one of the most important and original art photographers working today. Best known for his probing, often challenging images that exist in a space between painting, drawing, installation and photography. Yet until now, no comprehensive retrospective on this highly regarded artist has been released. Based on an entirely new appraisal of Ballens archive, one that looks beyond his monographic projects for the first time. Ballenesque takes the reader on a visual, chronological tour of the photographers entire oeuvre, including both the iconic images and previously unpublished works. At the heart of the book is Ballens own exploration of his style of those particular qualities that make his work so compellingly his own. Featuring reflective and engaging texts by Ballen himself, Ballenesque offers a distinctly personal account of the photographers career to date, including rare and privileged insights into Ballens photographic practice and the major influences that have helped to shape his worldview. Each of the key stages in Ballens creative journey is explored a journey that, for Ballen has been both an outward and inward exploration of the self. With over 300 photographs and an introduction by cultural theorist and critic Robert J. C. Young, Ballenesque provides not only an entirely new way of seeing Ballens work for those already familiar with his career. But also a comprehensive introduction for those encountering his photographs for the first time.
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