Francesca Allen’s Konkursas depicts participants in Lithuania’s Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplaukės, the annual competition for the world’s 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. Allen’s fascination with ritual and coming-of-age sparked her interest in the contest, which blends pageantry with folklore and lets the artist deepen her thoughts on hair within femininity: “Hair influences how we are perceived by others, our identity, our religion and culture.” The resulting photographs—haunting, funny, slightly surreal—explore the dichotomy between spectacle and intimacy.