h o ʍ l e t t→ Irina Werning Chronicles 18 Years of #Photographing 'Las #Pelilargas' in a New Book
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/05/irina-werning-las-pelilargas-photography-portraits-book/
“when she asks young women […] why they have long hair, they respond with simple reasons akin to, "Because I like it." But, #Werning adds, "[…] It’s the #culture of #Latin #America, where our ancestors believed that cutting hair was cutting life, that hair is the physical manifestation of our #thoughts and our #souls and our connection to the land.”
