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1950
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Born in New York, New York.
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1968
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Buys a Nikon camera and begins to photograph civil rights activists and anti-Vietnam War protesters of the late 1960s.
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1972
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Receives Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
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1978
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Returns to the United States after traveling from Cairo to Cape Town and from Istanbul to New Guinea.
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1979
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Publication of first book, Boyhood, a collection of photographs from recent travels.
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1982
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Receives Ph.D. in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.
Settles in Johannesburg, South Africa, where practice as a mining entrepreneur brings him to remote outlying regions of the country.
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1986
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Publication of Dorps, Small towns of South Africa. Begins using square-format Rolleiflex camera.
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1994
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Publication of Platteland, Images of Rural South Africa.
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2000
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Best Solo Exhibition, Sani Festival. Halkidiki, Greece.
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2001
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Publication of Outland. Outland receives Book of the Year Award, PHotoEspaña Festival in Madrid, Spain, and Best Documentary Title Award, Photo-Eye's "Best Photography Books of 2001." Special Mention, UNICEF Photo of the Year International Award.
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2002
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Citigroup Photography Prize, Finalist. London, United Kingdom.
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Photographer of the Year Award, Rencontres d' Arles.
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ArtForum "Best of 2002." Selected by Vince Aletti.
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2004
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ArtForum "Best of 2004." Selected by Matthew Higgs, director of White Columns, New York.
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2005
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Publication of Shadow Chamber.
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2006
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Art Directors Club Award, Photography.
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2009
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PhotoEspana 2009, Madrid Spain, Honourable mention - Best Photographic Book of the Year for Boarding House.
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2010
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Lucie Awards, Finalist. Curator/Exhibition of the Year: Roger Ballen: Photographs 1982 - 2009. Curated by Dr. Anthony Bannon for the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York.
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2012
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Currently lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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