Artistic Research - Roger Ballen
About Roger:
Roger is an American photographer who currently lives in Johannesburg and was born in New York in 1950. His work as a geologist made him go out into the countryside to explore the hidden world of small South African towns. Over the years, his style became more distinctive as he made them black and white as well as including things that go against the norm. His photography is very imaginative and quite disturbing making them seem as though there are many meanings behind them. Roger Ballen's photography could be seen as psychological as he took photos of mentally unstable South Africans. |
My Thoughts:
I personally can't understand his photography because of how strange it is to me. However, it looks like his artwork has been influenced by a mentally unstable mind because of how intense and weird looking his photography is. However, there does seem to be a deeper meaning to his images
I personally can't understand his photography because of how strange it is to me. However, it looks like his artwork has been influenced by a mentally unstable mind because of how intense and weird looking his photography is. However, there does seem to be a deeper meaning to his images
My inspired photos.