Shadow Chamber

Striking, ambiguous images from Johannesburg-based photographer Roger Ballen. Introduction by Robert A Sobieszek -p--ul--li-Roger Ballen (b.1950) is best known for his award-winning photographs of people on the fringes of South African society as depicted in Outland, also published by Phaidon Shadow Chamber debuts his most recent body of work -li-Ballen's striking, ambiguous and often disturbing images blur the boundaries between documentary photography and other art forms -li-Collaborating with his subjects, Ballen has secured his position as a highly collected artist, creating an extraordinary world that is part dream, part nightmare