Outland: Katalog zur Ausstellung im Fotografie Forum International in Frankfurt v. 12.04. - 27.05.2001 / Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart v. ... / Kicken in Berlin v. 29.09. - 06.1 - Hardcover

Ballen Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714891991 ISBN 13: 9780714891996

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2001

Synopsis

Available again in hardback, Outland is the culmination of twenty years' work for artist-photographer Roger Ballen. His photographs of whites on the fringes of South African society are disturbing, exciting and impossible to forget.

About this title

Review:

"Compelling, powerful, haunting."―The Guardian

About the Author:

Roger Ballen (b.1950) has lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa, for 30 years. Born in New York, he worked as a geologist and mining consultant before starting his own photographic career by documenting the small villages of rural South Africa and their isolated inhabitants. His images are both powerful social statements and disturbing psychological explorations. He is also the author of Shadow Chamber and Boarding House, both published by Phaidon.

Peter Weiermair is an art historian and curator. He was formerly Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, the Rupertinum Museum in Salzburg, Austria and the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Bologna, Italy. Peter Weiermair is Director of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0714891991
• ISBN 13: 9780714891996
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120