Puppy between Feet

Puppy between Feet

Roger BallenWW-1999-214722

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Year
1999
Dimensions
unconfirmed: 355 x 360 mm
Collection
Tate

Artist

Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen

Photography

Roger Ballen is a South African photographer known for black-and-white images of rural and urban communities characterized by stark formal composition and unflinching psychological intensity. Working primarily in South Africa since the 1980s, his photographs document marginal figures and deteriorating domestic spaces with a documentary rigor that resists sentimentality. His images combine portraiture, still life, and architectural detail into densely layered compositions that reveal both material hardship and human resilience. Ballen's work has established him as a major voice in contemporary documentary photography.

New York, USA

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Factory Worker Holding Portrait of Grandfather

Factory Worker Holding Portrait of Grandfather

1996 · Gelatin silver print

WW-1996-M047226

Record

Verified by WattsOS
Year
1999
Dimensions
unconfirmed: 355 x 360 mm
Watts ID
WW-1999-214722

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Collection
Tate
Source
tate
Status
verified

Artist

Roger Ballen

Roger Ballen

Photography

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