Ballenesque by Roger Ballen - 9780500544938

BallenesqueRoger Ballen: A Retrospective\nAuthor(s): Roger Ballen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780500544938, 978-0500544938\nSynopsis\nLimited to 100 copies (+ 5 artist's copies) numbered 1-100. Includes a print of 'Candlelight' [tel], signed and numbered by Roger Ballen.\n\nSeparated into four parts, Ballenesque takes readers on a visual, chronological journey through Roger Ballens entire oeuvre, including both iconic images and previously unpublished photographs.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 [te.