 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Somudzidzi paBerkeley, Ballenyakabata sangano rorusununguko rwomunhu oga uye Hondo yeVietnam. Akatora mifananidzo yeWoodstock muzhizha ra1969, achigadzira nhevedzano yemifananidzo iyo yakabudiswa bedzi misi ichangobva kupfuura iyi muNew York Times, pamhemberero yechi50 yomuunivhesiti yemimhanzi yeshanduko. Mukubudiswa kwake kwokutanga, Boyhood 1979 Ballen akapa nhevedzano yemifananidzo yevakomana vakasarudzwa kubva pamifananidzo 15000, yakatorwa mukati memakore ake mana ekutsvaga mhiri kwemakondinendi eEurope, Asia, Central neNorth America. Bhuku racho rinobata mifananidzo yeuhama uhwu hwomunyika yose kubva kuNepal, kuenda kuIndonesia, Israeri kuenda kuAmerica: zvinoitika zvavo, mitambo, zviroto uye utsinye. 