{"product_id":"roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-hardcover","title":"Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving previously expressed no interest in color photography, Roger Ballen was inspired to engage with the medium after receiving a Leica SL camera as a gift in 2016. Opening to the potential of color in his work, Ballen used light in creative ways, exploring new avenues of experimentation. \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e eloquently captures the absurd and bizarre world of Roger Ballen, where animals and art brut-like drawings dominate, and humanity is reduced to obscure figures or fragmented body parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe color images in \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e, created in conjunction with Ballen's artistic director, Marguerite Rossouw, were produced in a claustrophobic space, constructed of worn, wallpapered wooden panels and with minimalistic lighting. Here, in this dense, oppressive environment, Ballen creates what might be seen by many as a world that is unexplainable in words: one in which absurdity, chaos, comedy, and tragedy apparently exist side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a visual revelation and an artistic evolution by one of contemporary photography's most unique voices, \u003cem\u003eSpirits and Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e will be an essential and much-anticipated photobook for all Roger Ballen fans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48678964330713,"sku":"9780500028926","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780500028926.jpg?v=1778487841","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-hardcover","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}