BALLEN, Roger

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Description

Man Shaving on Verandah, Western Transvaal (Platteland Series)
ca. 1986; reprinted 2016
Gelatin silver print, AP 3/5
24 2/8" x 24"
Image was initially illustrated in the photographer's Platteland, 1994, which detailed the irony that despite political privilege apartheid had bestowed on whites, there is failure of the regime even to secure the well-being of the privileged minority. This includes a black and white photo of a man squatting and shaving in a verandah entryway; on reverse signed, dated with edition 3/5.

Date

ca. 1986; reprinted 2016

Creator

Ballen, Roger
American, b. 1950

Source

Gift of Dana & Eric Newman

Identifier

2017.017.020

Collection

Citation

Ballen, Roger and American, b. 1950, “BALLEN, Roger,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed November 26, 2024, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/9056.