{"product_id":"roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-9780500028926","title":"Roger Ballen: Spirits and Spaces","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500028926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.97h x 11.27w x 0.72d","brand":"Roger Ballen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798474653877,"sku":"9780500028926","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de38f4aa-5c91-48ca-97ba-ffa23e6d76b5.jpg?v=1758638795","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/roger-ballen-spirits-and-spaces-9780500028926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}