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" I grew up on Facebook; it's a different realm I live in. For some people, this is inauthentic, but for me, it's all I know. "
Petra Collins
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Up
Some People
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" My style motto is pretty classic: you give off a positive energy when you wear what you're most comfortable in. "
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Style
Off
" I always had this feeling, what I wanted to do. I was trying to work out myself, my frustrations, my body. I couldn't really pinpoint. I started taking photos of my sister and her friends. I was 15, exploring what it meant to be a 15-year-old girl. "
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Myself
Girl
Work
" Putting your work out there is scary! "
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Work Out
Your
Work
" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "
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Place
Art
Just
" I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense - so people who aren't, like, white male artists - because we don't have the privilege to create art and work alone, usually. "
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Create
Alone
Work
" That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera. "
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Tell
Who
Story
" My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home. "
Petra Collins
Aesthetic
Time
Space
" Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow. "
Petra Collins
Eye
Shadow
Wear
" What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me. "
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Important
Best
Cool
" I'm obviously a white woman with privilege. I want to make sure I always collaborate with people who aren't like me so we can create a work that isn't one dimensional. "
Petra Collins
People
Me
Create
" We work to create a new wave of feminism that is more inclusive. I want others to feel equal. It's so great to see women in positions of power, which is why other artists, such as Marilyn Minter, are so inspirational to me. "
Petra Collins
Work
Women
Power
" I consider myself endlessly lucky to have access to the Internet and technology. Through it, I've found myself and have been able to join a new discourse of females, young and old, who strive to change the way we look and treat ourselves. "
Petra Collins
Myself
Change
Treat
" I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high school. "
Petra Collins
Sister
Friends
High School
" I know having a social media profile removed is a 21st century privileged problem - but it is the way a lot of us live. These profiles mimic our physical selves and a lot of the time are even more important. They are ways to connect with an audience, to start discussion, and to create change. "
Petra Collins
Social Media
Media
Change
" Social media has been such a big important thing for young artists and minorities because it's a community to get noticed. It's having an audience that was never there before. "
Petra Collins
Community
Young
Social Media
" Feminism is a lens I see the world through and what I believe in. I don't ever use it as a tool of promotion. "
Petra Collins
World
Promotion
I Believe
" I'm definitely a Sagittarius. I'm such a fire sign. "
Petra Collins
Sign
Fire
Definitely
" When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist. "
Petra Collins
Women
Like
Feel
" It's just so humanizing to see someone be real. "
Petra Collins
Real
Someone
Be Real
" Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it. "
Petra Collins
Art
Biggest
Die
" I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre. "
Petra Collins
Horror
Direct
Film
" For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space. "
Petra Collins
Art
Stop
Space
" Women are inherently told their bodies are objects, so that's how we treat them. "
Petra Collins
Women
How
Objects
" I keep this Hungarian wooden candlestick on the top of my refrigerator along with all my other candles. It's big and ugly, especially next to all my pretty candles, and it doesn't really make sense to have in my apartment. "
Petra Collins
Pretty
Sense
Top
" Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him. "
Petra Collins
Love
Oh My God
Oh
" Success doesn't happen overnight. "
Petra Collins
Happen
Success
Overnight
" If your story is being told by someone who doesn't really know it, it's not going to come out accurate. A lot of it has to do with context. Whoever's behind the camera or pen or whatever. "
Petra Collins
Going
Pen
Story
" My favorite place to go is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. If you see it at sunrise and sunset, it's like you're on Mars. "
Petra Collins
Place
Sunrise
See
" The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don't police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me. "
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Important
People
Me
" We live in such an image-heavy world that not seeing yourself in that landscape can really make it tough to feel human, to feel like you are part of the world. "
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Tough
Yourself
World