# Opening Lecture: Roger Ballen – roger ballen.! drawing meets photography

Opening Lecture: Roger Ballen – roger ballen.! drawing meets photography at Fotografiska Café Bar, Friday 6 November 2026, 18:30.

- Price: 15 €
- Venue: Fotografiska Café Bar, Oranienburger Straße 54, 10117 Berlin
- Get tickets: https://tickets-berlin.fotografiska.com/productDetail/240572
- Go to page: https://berlin.fotografiska.com/de/events/opening-lecture-roger-ballen-roger-ballen-drawing-meets-photography

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An opening lecture by photographer Roger Ballen for the exhibition roger ballen.! drawing meets photography at Fotografiska Berlin. Ballen, who has lived and worked in South Africa since the early 1980s, speaks about his own aesthetic, the “Ballenesque,” and the ideas, symbols and subconscious impulses that shape his work. By blurring the boundaries between photography, drawing, painting and installation, he transforms the photographic image into a space where reality, imagination and the subconscious overlap. The talk is followed by a Q&A and a book signing, and is held in English.

## Dates

- Friday 6 November 18:30 — Fotografiska Café Bar
- Saturday 7 November — Fotografiska Berlin

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/kategorie/fotografie), [berlin.fotografiska.com](https://berlin.fotografiska.com/de/events/opening-lecture-roger-ballen-roger-ballen-drawing-meets-photography), [indexberlin.com](https://www.indexberlin.com/exhibitions/list/46456/roger-ballen-drawing-meets-photography)

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