PHOTOINK is pleased to present photographs from Roger Ballen’s most recent book, Roger the Rat.

Throughout his career, Ballen has pursued a singular artistic goal: to give expression to the human psyche and visually explore the hidden forces that shape who we are. In his hands, the documentary power of the camera merges with the ingenious power of his imagination to produce photographs that get under the viewer’s skin.

Elaborately produced between 2015 and 2020, Roger the Rat is a story told in oppressively sharp black-and-white photographs, which follows the life of a part-human, part-rat creature who lives an isolated life outside of mainstream society. Picture after picture, we witness scenes that—deconstructed and wrested from everyday gestures—reveal the suppressed aspects of human existence.

To view the online exhibition, click here.