DORPS: SMALL TOWNS OF SOUTH AFRICA - ROGER BALLEN - 1100G IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dorps: Small Towns of South Africa is about a part of ¿Old Africa¿ that is quickly disappearing.For many years, Roger Ballen, an American, has travelled widely throughout South Africa, visiting its scattered towns and villages. During this time he has developed a unique vision toward little-known corners and artifacts, trading stores, old houses and humble people. Textured with time, these photographs reveal the essence of these places.The vision is pure. It is direct. It does not rely upon photographic processing tricks. We can only marvel that the most commonplace subject matter becomes poetic, and that the fragment becomes an artistic unit. Perhaps no more intimate portrait exists of these towns.Looked at as a cumulative affirmation of an artist¿s vision and intention, these images define a body of work which is surely one of the purest and strongest aesthetic statements ever made in South African photography.Price: R2500.00Edition: First EditionPublished: 1986Publishers: Clifton PublicationsISBN: 0620092114 / 9780620092111Condition: Dustjacket is in good condition with a very small chips at the spine, and minor scuff marks on the corners - now covered in a protective plastic sleeve. Book in excellent condition, no inscriptions, very clean and tightly bound throughout.