Ballenesque (collectors Edition)

Ballen, Roger

Code: 3622

ISBN: 9780500544938

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

New Hardback First Edition, Signed by the photographer

Price: £325

Out of stock

Limited to 100 copies (+ 5 artist's copies) numbered 1-100. Includes a print of 'Candlelight' (2014), signed and numbered by Roger Ballen. Separated into four parts, Ballenesque takes readers on a visual, chronological journey through Roger Ballen?s entire oeuvre, including both iconic images and previously unpublished photographs. Part I explores his formative artistic influences and his later rediscovery of boyhood through photography, culminating in his first published monograph, Boyhood, in 1979. Part II then charts the period between 1980 and 2000, during which time his deeper search for the elemental self found its way into the ?Dorps?, or small towns, of South Africa and concluding with the release of his seminal monograph Outland. Part III covers the years 2000?2013, when Ballen achieved global recogition with Shadow Chamber and Boarding House and his work began to veer away from portraiture altogether. Finally, in Part IV, Ballen reflects upon his career in its entirety. With over 300 photographs and an introduction by eminent academic Robert J. C. Young, this book provides both an entirely new way of seeing Ballen?s work for those who already follow his career and a comprehensive introduction for those encountering his photographs for the first time.Roger Ballen (b. 1950) 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, he has achieved global recognition with a series of startling monographs and exhibitions spanning some four decades. Yet until now, no comprehensive retrospective on this highly regarded artist has been released. Based on an entirely new appraisal of Ballen?s archive, one that looks beyond his monographic projects for the first time, Ballenesque takes the reader on a visual, chronological tour of the photographer?s entire ?uvre, including both the iconic images and previously unpublished works. At the heart of the book is Ballen?s 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, the book offers a distinctly personal account of the photographer?s career to date, including rare and privileged insights into Ballen?s photographic practice and the major influences that have helped shape his world view. Each of the key stages in Ballen?s creative journey is explored, from his first serious use of a camera in the 1970s to the release of his seminal monograph Outland (2001), the expansion and refinement of his artistic vision in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and the publication of his most recent work, The Theatre of Apparitions (2016) ? a journey that, for Ballen, has been both an outward and an inward exploration of the self. With an introduction by cultural theorist and critic Robert J. C. Young, Ballenesque provides not only an entirely new way of seeing Ballen?s work for those already familiar with his career, but also a comprehensive introduction for those encountering his photographs for the first time. Format:Hardback in slipcase Edition Type:The Collector's Edition Size:32.0 x 30.0 cm Extent:336 pp Illustrations:330 Publication date:14 September 2017 ISBN:9780500544938