Die Antwoord // Roger Ballen.

The man behind some visual aspects of the South African band Die Antwoord is Roger Ballen. He is a photographer.

Roger Ballen was born in New York City in 1950. He has lived in Johannesburg South Africa since the 1970s.

In the fall of 2005, Phaidon press produced its second book by the artist, entitled ‘Shadow Chamber’. The book focuses on the interactions between the people, animals, and or objects that inhabit Ballen’s unique image space. Ballen’s recent work enters into a new realm of photography — the images are painterly and sculptural in ways not immediately associated with photographs. Ballen is trying to give with his arts a reflection on the own psyche.

Here is the last video of Die Antwoord – FOK JULLE NAAIERS.

And here some nice photographies of Roger Ballen entitled   »Shadow Chamber ».

Edit : 30/01/2012.

Die Antwoord just published a Photography of Roger Ballen with them.