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Roger Ballen profile
Actor

Roger Ballen

Writing

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2

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1.1

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Movies: 3Series: 0Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1296460

Known for: Writing

Born: April 11, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2017 - 2024

Years active: 8

Other jobs

Art Direction (2)

Biography

Roger Ballen is one of the most important photographers of his generation. He was born in New York in 1950 but for over 30 years he has lived and worked in South Africa. His work as a geologist took him out into the veldt and led him to take up his camera and explore the hidden world of small South African towns. At first he explored the empty streets in the glare of the midday sun but, once he had made the step of knocking on people's doors, he discovered a world inside these houses which was to have a profound effect on his work. These interiors with their distinctive collections of objects and the occupants within these closed worlds took his unique vision on a path from social critique to the creation of metaphors for the inner mind. After 1994 he no longer looked to the countryside for his subject matter finding it closer to home in Johannesburg.

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