Platteland (1995) -- Roger Ballen

"Platteland," by photographer Roger Ballen, was born of the profound irony that despite the political privilege apartheid had bestowed on whites, in the physical heart of the land there is inescapable testimony to the failure of the regime even to secure the well-being of the privileged minority.
For more information, including images from the book, please visit www.rogerballen...

[@douglassangster3706]

9:54 that littel blond boy is me at the age of 1 years old. saw this vid for the first time today and this had me in tears my uncle johan passed away and my gran, uncle roger ballen, love your work. and apriciate your kind words of my uncle johan

[@stigmatedbrain]

Sir, I do admire your work

[@francoiswilliams]

Love Roger

[@stuartwalker121]

great insight into Roger Ballen's work

[@patchwork447]

Wonderful Photographer ! unbelievable ! Thank You Tom from south Africa ! (is Fred)

[@gonduras]

great stuff right here

[@marcelbas]

@Tommaso Famularo Manifestly untrue. Although Afrikaans derived from Dutch dialects, its phonology is very different from Dutch. Any Afrikaans speaker living in the Netherlands will realise that.

[@Meggreene1111]

Boer Seun your opinion is void, just because the staff were not Afrikaan doesnt change the photographs. He gives people a voice and acknowledgment. Who are you to deny them of that. The work is clearly organic with no hidden political agenda it is simply recording people in a beautiful way that have real lives and real problems, that otherwise would have been overlooked.

[@eatpanda118]

every town every where has different demographics, its just the way it is.

[@Marauder1981]

Its 2012 and we still watch Videos that were filmed with a potato

[@lindokuhlemaraba9745]

Rücklicht it’s 2020 , and yes , yes we are

[@lovesanimalshatesrats6339]

It’s 2022 and same old

[@marcelbas]

The guy on the left, talking (06:43) isn't Afrikaans. His accent is European. I guess he is from Belgium, as his father's brother went to the Congo.

[@TateF97]

21:28 i'm still practicing to be that flexible

[@francoiswilliams]

Die Antwoord

[@SamohtNox]

afrikaans is heavily "bastardized" dutch..how is that not a european accent. they have a strong dutch accent