Konkursas On the Mines is a

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

silver foiling on spine

ISBN 978-2-9564071-8-8

which in English means 'myth rhetorical'

Poem: Meena Kandasamy

Konkursas On the Mines is aFrancesca 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