Each year more than 3,000 single men and women from country Australia pack into a large tent for a chance at finding love - or failing that, an evening of drinking, dancing and debauchery.
Bachelor and Spinster's (B&S) balls have been called 'outdated' or 'dangerous' events, but for those growing up in the country they are simply something that's ingrained in the culture.
Dating back to the early 1900s they provided eligible bachelors and bachelorettes - often from remote areas - an opportunity to meet and mingle, long before the days of social media.
But times have changed since the first party.
The black tie dress code has been relaxed and dinner dancing removed in favour of a festival style, alcohol-fuelled rave that often begins at midday on Saturday and goes until mid-morning on Sunday.
Photographer Ingvar Kenne finds the parties provide the perfect opportunity to create art, silently observing the very Australian behaviours from a distance.
For more than a year he has captured some incredible images for his picture book The Ball.
Bachelor and Spinster's (B&S) balls have long been a tradition in regional Australia providing an opportunity for single women and men to meet in the days before social media. Individuals begin the event dressed up in style, but things quickly escalate.
Swedish-born photographer Ingvar Kenne travelled to ten B&S balls across Australia and captured the scenes for his picture book 'The Ball'
The efforts of this bachelor to impress a lady by doing chin-ups inside the farm shed do not seem to be working very well
Mr Kenne attended ten B&S balls across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory over a few years, taking thousands of photographs that captured the attendees in their element.
He has since turned the photos into a pictorial book and told Daily Mail Australia each photo told a different story.
'For me it's all about each individual photograph. It has to be able to tell a story on its own merits, that was my own guideline for deciding if it made the book,' Mr Kenne said.
'What happens is when a lot of people congregate you see a lot of human emotions that we all know and can relate to.
'You kind of then build a narrative through people and what they are doing.
'I don't have an agenda about what you should think about the balls. I think they exist and the people that go love them, and I wanted to portray them as they are and what the viewer takes out of it is really up to them.'
Mr Kenne recalls this picture well. He said: 'The girl is the hero and mesmorising in herself. It's the most chaotic photo in the book.'
The photographer said the aim of his art was not to have revellers playing up for the camera, but instead to capture normal and natural human emotions
As many as 3,000 people attend the events, often setting up camp at midday on Saturday and partying through until the next morning
'Each photo has to be able to tell a story on its own merits, that was my own guideline for deciding if it made the book,' Mr Kenne said
This photo, which didn't make the cut for Mr Kenne's pictorial, shows a young woman ripping at what is left of an older man's white shirt. As this is going on the man attempts to balance a packet of cigarettes in one hand and two beers in his other
The idea for Mr Kenne to photograph the enormous B&S balls all across the nation came after a suggestion from a friend.
Having done similar work previously at karaoke bars and race days including the Melbourne Cup,
