If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.
Roger BallenIn the end, I believe that the most important influence on my aesthetic has been the photographs I have taken.
Roger BallenIt is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.
Roger BallenThe pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche... It's a hard place to get to, honestly. It has taken me many years to get to that place and to define it visually.
Roger Ballen