Boarding house

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Outland and Shadow Chamber (Phaidon 2001, 2005) by photographer Roger Ballen (b.1950) / Boarding House captures an imaginary space of transient residence, of comings and goings, focusing on the evocative drawings and sculptural objects as well as the people and animals found there / captures an imaginary space of transient residence, of comings and goings, focusing on the evocative drawings and sculptural objects as well as the people and animals found there / Compelling and thought-provoking, the 75 photographs (many of them previously unpublished) are like images from a waking dream, with layers of rich detail, flashes of dark humour and an altered sense of place / With an introductory essay by photography curator David Travis that addresses Ballen's new body of work in an accessible style