While Roger Ballin‘s photographic series OUTLAND, spanning 20 years of documentary photography, may seem like some twisted and horrific fiction, these photos are reflections of reality. Ballin spent two decades traveling in rural South Africa, photographic its most surreal inhabitants, and the result is Outland. This iconic series was originally published in book form in 2001, and has been repressed this year by Phaidon and is available here. Below you’ll find a handful of what is contained within – snapshots of life’s strange manifestations, the remnants of a decayed system, and small bits and pieces of love and beauty scattered in darkness. I highly recommend watching the promotional video by Ben Jay Crossman. Get weird.
Anonymous
September 22, 2015 at 10:27 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk3ROewNwyQ
Pablo Reyes
September 22, 2015 at 1:39 am
His “asylum of the birds” series is even more crazy.
Sean Sebourn
September 22, 2015 at 1:07 am
These are amazing