Visitors to Objectifs over the next few weeks can see four shows dedicated to the works of regional photographers. Three of them are female winners of the photography and film centre’s documentary awards, while the fourth show at the Chapel is dedicated to Indonesia’s Yoppy Pieter, winner of the Truth Seeker Foundation Prize. His project documents the work of female forest rangers who patrol and protect a 251ha reserve in Damaran Baru, Aceh. 

The throughline uniting these photographers’ works are, unsurprisingly, women. 

Cambodia’s Ponita Keo, recipient of the Open Category award, looks at self-image and gender perception through the lens of women’s relationships with their hair in The Hair Between Us. Open category recipient Husna (Indonesia) chooses to focus on the hijab in Hijab/I, exploring how the Muslim accessory is chosen, worn and/or subverted by the women who wear them. 

Multimedia artist Victoria Perote’s In Honor Of Tranquil Shores tells the stories of five women who were imprisoned under martial law in the Philippines.