Outland - Hardcover

Sussman, Elisabeth; Weiermair, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714868841 ISBN 13: 9780714868844

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2015

Synopsis

The seminal work by photographer and artist Roger Ballen, re‐released in an expanded edition with never‐before-seen images from Ballen’s archive.

The culmination of nearly 20 years of work, Outland marked Ballen’s move from documentary photography into the realms of fiction and propelled him into the international spotlight. Disturbing, exciting and impossible to forget, Ballen’s images captured people living on the fringes of South African society. His powerful psychological studies influenced a generation of artists and still resonate today.

First published in 2001, Outland is back in print and expanded to include 50 never‐before‐seen images from Ballen’s archive with illuminating new commentary from the artist himself.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Ballen (b.1950) has lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa for more than 30 years. Born in New York, he worked as a geologist and mining consultant before starting his photographic career by documenting the small villages of rural South Africa and their isolated inhabitants. Outland, winner of Best Photography Book of the Year at PhotoEspaƱa in Madrid, Spain, was first published by Phaidon in 2001, followed by critically acclaimed Shadow Chamber and Boarding House (Phaidon, 2005 and 2008). Ballen is represented by Gagosian Gallery.

Review:

" . . . the second edition of Outland delivers pretty much everything one would want from it. Highly recommended."–―Conscientious

"Compelling, powerful, haunting." –―Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0714868841
• ISBN 13: 9780714868844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 156