Heba Khamis has won the second prize at PH Museum Women Photographers’ Grant.
Suzanne, 11 years old, experienced breast ironing couple of months before that image until her breast totally gone.
Picture by Heba Khamis from the story “Banned Beauty”, which gave Heba a second prize at PH Museum Women Photographers’ Grant.
Heba Khamis has received the PH Museum grant based on her story “Banned Beauty” about breast ironing in Cameroon. Heba made the story as her final Diploma Project at DMJX in the fall 2016.
Noopiote-Justine is massaging her 11 years old daughter’s breasts with a warm stone. Cameroonians do breast ironing secretly at home. feeling ashamed that their daughter already had breasts and does breast ironing.
Picture by Heba Khamis from the story “Banned Beauty”, which gave Heba a second prize at PH Museum Women Photographers’ Grant.
Heba Khamis is currently an intern at Noor Images in Amsterdam.