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The great photographer Roger Ballen Photography in Seravezza

eighth Seravezza Photography from 29 January to 3 April each year that successfully combines the great names in international photography by amateurs, organized by Fondazione Terre Medici , Department of Culture and the Municipality of Seravezza FIAF (Italian Federation of Photographic Associations) under the artistic direction of Free Musetti .

This year's guest of honor is the American photographer Roger Ballen , which displays black and white images from the four cycles Outland , Shadow Chamber, Boarding House and Birds.

Roger Ballen (New York, 1959) is a singular artist fascinated by South Africa, which follows a complex and very thick where the thread is to use the camera to scan the human soul. The son of a famous photo-editor of the agency Magnum Photos, has the opportunity to learn as a child of the biggest names in the photography world. In the late sixties documents the protests against the war in Vietnam. At the same time he moved to Berkeley from New York where he attended the University of California, majoring in psychology in 1972. In 1981 he moved to South Africa and finally abandoned the American way of life for him too little consumption, and introspective. From there he began his artistic journey that takes him from a first documentary approach to a very subjective. His photos are real events where objects, actors and graphical components are mixed and enhance the sense of the image. Click fascinating, unique and full of meaning in the sign of a personal photographic language that makes its sculptural elements and graphics.

Ballen's works are exhibited in prestigious galleries world: Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. She also received numerous awards, including how to best photograph edition of the festival "Photoespana" Best Photographer of the Year Festival of Photography in Arles and a special mention to Unicef.

Roger Ballen (New York, 1959) is a singular artist fascinated by South Africa, which follows a complex and very thick where the wire conductor is to use the camera to scan the human soul. The son of a famous photo-editor of the agency Magnum Photos, has the opportunity to learn as a child of the biggest names in the photography world. In the late sixties documents the protests against the war in Vietnam. At the same time he moved to Berkeley from New York where he attended the University of California, majoring in psychology in 1972.

In 1981 he moved to South Africa and finally abandoned the American way of life for him too little consumption, and introspective. From there he began his artistic journey that takes him from a first documentary approach to a highly subjective. His photos are real events where objects, actors and graphical components are mixed and enhance the sense of the image. Click fascinating, unique and full of meaning in the sign of a personal language photographer who makes his sculptural elements and graphics.

Ballen's works are exhibited in prestigious galleries world: Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam . She also received numerous awards, including how to best photograph edition of the festival "Photoespana" best photographer of the year at the Festival of Photography in Arles and a special mention to Unicef.

From the day February 1 is available in libraries of the exhibition "Photography Seravezza 2011" edited by Maria Pacini Fazzi.