Konkursas ISBN 978-2-9564071-8-8

ISBN 978-2-9564071-8-8

pieces of conversations

in the intimacy of their home in Graz but also during their travels abroad — to Germany

On the Mines is a re-designed and expanded version of David Goldblatt’s influential book of 1973

Konkursas ISBN 978-2-9564071-8-8Francesca Allens Konkursas depicts participants in Lithuanias Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplauks annual competition for the worlds longest hair. Here hundreds of girls and women with thousands of feet of hair walk the runway and have their lovingly groomed hair measured by gloved judges, before shaking it in a ceremonial finale. Allens fascination with ritual and coming of age sparked her interest in the contest, one which blends pageantry with folklore