Shadow chamber

- Available again in hardback, the follow-up to Roger Ballen's award-winning Outland - Featuring people on the fringes of South African society, Ballen's striking, ambiguous and often disturbing images blur the boundaries between documentary photography and other art forms - Collaborating with his subjects, Ballen has secured his position as a highly collected artist, creating an extraordinary world that is part dream, part nightmare - Introductory essay by Robert A Sobieszek analyses Ballen's approach and recent work in the wider context of the history of documentary photography and critical theory - Includes 71 images, many of them previously unpublished