Background information
"For nearly half a century US-American photographer Roger BALLEN has been shooting black-and-white film—a member of the last generation to work in that medium. He started his career taking portraits of rural Afrikaaners in their homes and has lately been moving toward more staged sets, and embellishing his photographs with expressionistic graffiti-type drawings.In this out-of-print photographic volume 'Lines, Marks, and Drawings. Through the Lens of Roger Ballen' his work is given a fresh perspective in this volume, from distinctive portraits and complex photographic tableaux to YouTube sensations.
Content
This retrospective volume 'Lines, Marks, and Drawings. Through the Lens of Roger Ballen' follows the development of line and drawing in his body of work, which is often characterized by complex interior arrangements of people, animals, and furnishings. In more recent work th" (e artist has come out from behind the camera lens to engage with line more directly—including a luminous series of photographs that began with drawing on glass. Psychologically edgy and seductively beautiful images result.This volume also addresses the use of drawing and line in his work in videography. This astonishing collection reveals the breadth of his work, which moves fluidly between photography and drawing, harshness and beauty, raw expression and technical prowess." (slightly adapted publisher's text, © Prestel Verlag, 2013)
About US-American photographer, Roger BALLEN (b.1950)
Photo books by as well as with works by Roger BALLEN
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Robert JC Young, Craig Allen Subler, Christine Mullen Kreamer
- Format
- HC with dust jacket, 26 x 28 x 2 cm., 128 pp., 100 b/w ills., 1100 gr., text language: Englisch