Roger Ballen nascut al 1950 a Nueva Jork.
Viu i treballa a Johannesburg, Sud-àfrica.
Fill d’un editor de fotografía de Magnum, Ballén va treballar com a geòleg i consultor de mines abans de començar la seva carrera fotogràfica documentant petits pobles de l’Àfrica rural i els seus aïllats habitants. Les seves imatges són a la vegada poderosos al•legats socials i pertorbadors estudis psicològics. El treball “Outland” és considerat un dels documents fotogràfics més extraordinaris de finals del segle XX. Va guanyar el Premi del Millor Llibre Fotográfic de l'Any a FotoEspanya al 2001, a Madrid. El seu distingit estil de fotografia ha evolucionat utilitzant simplement un format quadrat i un cuidat blanc i negre. Els seus primers treballs tenen una clara influència de la fotografia documental però durant els anys noranta, va desenvolupar un estil propi que ell mateix defineix com "ficció documental".
Available works
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Request info- 2015
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, Chile
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
- 2014
- Circa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
- Kunst und Kulturzentrum Monschau, Aachen, Deutschland
- Moscow Media Centre, Moscow, Russia
- Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Roma, Italia
- 2013
- Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
- Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa
- Maison De L'Image Documentaire, The CèTávoiR Association, Paris, France
- Museum of Old and New, Hobart, Australia
- Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
- Photoink, New Delhi, India
- Pingao International Photography Festival, China
- Palm Springs Art Museum, California, USA
- Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA
- Westlicht, Schauplatz fur Fotografie, Vienna, Austria
- 2012
- Erdmann Contemporary & the Photographers Gallery za, Cape Town, South Africa
- Guate Festival, Guatemala de la Asunción, Guatemala
- Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Kunstalle, Vienna, Austria
- Manchester Art Museum, United Kingdom
- Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Deutschland
- Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
- Northwest University Museum, Potchestroom, South Africa
- Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia
- Rosphoto, St. Pieterburg, Russia
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
- 2011
- Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Fondazione Terre Medicee, Seravezza, Italy
- Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Canada
- Mc Dermott Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
- Omsk Museum, Russia
- Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Deutschland
- 2010
- Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
- Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas, España
- Comune di Arco/Galleria Civica, Italia
- Festival of Photography of Savignano, Italia
- Galeria Max Estrella, España
- Galeria Senda, Barcelona, España
- Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
- Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Deutschland
- Gallery Photographer RU, Moscow, Russia
- George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
- Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
- Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia
- Photonet Galerie, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sammlungsleiter Fotomuseum, Munich, Deutschland
- Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
- Sydney Biennale, Australia
- Ubuntu, Berlin, Deutschland
- Ubuntu, Salzburg, Austria
- University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
- 2009
- Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
- Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
- City Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- Hamiltons, London, United Kingdom
- Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
- 2008
- AEREA / Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden
- BWA Gallery, Katowice, Poland
- Omaggio a Federico Vender at Palazzo dei Panni of Arco Trento Su Palatu, Sardinia, Italia
- 2007
- Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
- Trafo Gallery, Oslo, Norway
- YOURS Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2006
- Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
- Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Deutschland
- Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Deutschland
- Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
- Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italia
- 2005
- Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
- Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Frans Hals Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2004
- State Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Roger Ballen Photographs, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, California, USA
- Le Chateau d'eau à Toulouse, France
- Dieci Comme Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- 2003
- Galleria Carla Sozzani, Italia
- Galerie Mennour, Paris, France
- 2002
- OUTLAND, Galleria D'arte Moderna Bologna, Italia
- Musée Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
- Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia, Italia
- Nuku Gallery, Oulu, Finland
- Museum for Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
- Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
- OUTLAND, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- 2001
- Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Deutschland
- Hasselbald Center, Goteborg, Sweden
- PhotoEspaña, Madrid, España
- Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
- 2000
- Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium
- Month of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Noordelicht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Sani Festival, Greece
- Museum of Photography, Athens, Greece
- 1999
- Fait & Cause, Paris, France
- Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1998
- Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Lumo ’98, Finland
- Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1996
- Eindhoven Photographic Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Tarranto Gallery, New York, USA
- 1995
- Arles Photographic Festival, Arles, France
- Royal Festival Hall/Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2012
- Art of Others, Outsiders, Self Taught and Navive Artists, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
- The Art of Photography Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, USA
- Domestic Disorder in Contemporary Art, Musexpo, Gouggainville, France
- Play, Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium
- The Rise and Fall of Apartheid, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
- Seeing Eye, Brundyn and Gonsalves, Cape Town, South Africa
- Tender and Cruel, Tim Mellville Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- Traumwelten – In the Court of the King of Dreams, Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt, Deutschland
- Twins, Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York, USA
- 2011
- High Speed Insanity, Blomquist, Oslo, Norway
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, India
- Real, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA
- 2010
- Out of control, BIP 2010, 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liege, Belgium
- PEEKABOO!, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Finland
- 7th Lane, Ellen-K Fine Art Photography, Norway
- Skotia Gallery First Biennial Photography Invitational, Santa Fe, USA
- Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2008
- Untitled (Vicarious), Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- After Nature, New Museum, New York, USA
- New York Photo Festival, New York, USA
- Cautionary Tales, Albuquerque, USA
- 2005
- Roger Ballen, Alec South, Vera Lutter, Gagosian Gallery Chelsea, New York, USA
- Snaps, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2004
- Dog Days of Summer, University of California Riverside/California Museum of Photography, USA
- Making Faces, Musée de l'Elysée, Paris, France
- 2002
- Citigroup Photography Prize, London, United Kingdom
- Dislocation, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, United Kingdom
- Dislocation, Centro Cultural de Maia O’Porto, Portugal
- New Documentary Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2001
- La Natura della Natura Morta, Italia
- Recent Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Hall of Mirrors, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
- 2000
- Portraits of Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Deutschland
- 1999
- National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- New Natural History, National Museum of Photography of Film & Television, Bradford, United Kingdom
- 1998
- Comment Jouer Enfermement, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
- 1997
- Double Vie, Double Vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaine, Paris, France
- South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- 2010
- Lucie Award, Finalist for Solo Exhibition of the year, George Eastman House, New York, USA
- 2009
- Honourable mention - Best Photographic Book of the Year for Boarding House, PhotoEspaña 2009, Madrid, España
- 2006
- Art Directors Club Award Photography
- 2004
- Top 10 Exhibition 2004, Matthew Higgs, Artforum, December
- Honorable Mention, UNICEF Photo of the Year
- Photographer of the Year 2002, Rencontres d’Arles, July
- 2002
- Top 10 Exhibition 2002, Vince Aletti, Artforum, December
- Photographer of the Year 2002, Rencontres d’Arles, July, France
- 2001
- Photo-eye, Best Documentary Title, Best Photography Books of 2001
- Special mention : UNICEF Photo of the Year 2001
- Best Photographic Book of the Year, PhotoEspaña 2001, Madrid, España
- 2000
- Sani Festival, Best Solo Exhibition, February Thessaloniki, Greece
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA
- Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Alabama, USA
- Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
- Fotomuseum, Munchen, Deutschland
- Hasselblad, Goteborg, Sweden
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
- Johannesburg Art Museum, South Africa
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
- Louisiana Museum, Denmark
- Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Musée de la Photographie á Charleroi, Belguim
- Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
- Museo nazionale Della Fotographia, Brescia, Italia
- Museum Folkwang, Essen, Deutschland
- Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
- National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- National Museum of Film and Photography, Bradford, United Kingdom
- Spencer Art Museum, Kansas, USA
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- State Museum of Russia, Moscow, Russia
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, USA



