The fascinating portraits of women in the photographic art exhibition at the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn are not least about the significance of personal belongings. Sarah Cooper from the USA and Nina Gorfer from Austria traveled far and wide to speak with women about migration, displacement, feminism and cultural identity. Based on these experiences, the duo portrayed women from their local community who had either come to Sweden as refugees or are adult children of immigrants. All were asked to bring something that was connected to their identity or culture or had been in their family for generations. We thank the CODA museum and the artist duo Cooper & Gorfer for the magnificent photos and a perspective that is all too often ignored in today’s heated political discussions.
