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Tour the darkness of Roger Ballen’s Inside Out Centre in Joburg

The world famous photographer has opened the centre to the public with the ‘End of the Game’ exhibition

Getting the Ballen-ce right: Hungry Dog. Photographer Roger Ballen believes that the formal qualities of a photograph are vital.

Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg

The photographer’s retrospective show maps his decades-long trip through the fear zone

Roger Ballen’s ‘Show Off’ (2000)’. (Roger Ballen)

Ballenesque: The Organised Chaos of Roger Ballen

Visual artist Roger Ballen has a distinctive style that has evolved over a 50-year period

Roger Ballen Chicken Wings

Shutterland: photographers’ journeys through everyday life in South Africa

Through their lenses, 22 South African photographers tell personal stories that show how life in South Africa is built on duality

Roger Ballen: Housed in his mind’s recess

Roger Ballen’s images in his latest book ‘The House Project’ will shake you to your very foundations.

In the shadows of Roger Ballen’s mind

Roger Ballen’s images explore his desire to come to terms with the ultimate meaning and purpose of his life.

Seen is believing in the art world

Seen is believing in the art world

A number of young South African artists, including the prodigy Nicholas Hlobo, are making waves in the international art world.

Challenging depth of focus

Roger Ballen’s ­photographs are ­complex and evade simple categorisation and general criticism.

The space behind life

Shaun de Waal looks at boundaries in Roger Ballen’s new collection of photographs, Boarding House.

Looking in from the outside

Pieter Hugo’s new exhibition explores the politics of economic division, writes Monique Pelser.