Outland

Outland encapsulates nearly 20 years of Roger Ballen's work, capturing rural South Africa’s evolving social landscape. Initially focused on rural “dorps” and isolated whites grappling with the loss of apartheid-era privileges, Ballen’s powerful, unsettling images grew into psychological studies. By the late 1990s, his subjects began acting in staged, dark scenes, blurring the lines between documentary and fiction. First published by Phaidon in 2001 and re-released in 2015 with 45 new photos, Outland remains a seminal work in contemporary photography.