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" I think it's important for not just me but women of color, trans women, and people who are marginalized to be telling stories of themselves. It's important for us to be behind the lens. "

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" I approach beauty the same way I approach clothing - I think people should do whatever to themselves to make them feel more comfortable in their skin. "

Petra Collins

Beauty

Feel

People

" I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are measured by their appearance and constantly ridiculed for it. "

" 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. "

" 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

Create

" People look the best when they feel the most comfortable, so I buy 10 of the same thing if I really like it. "

" I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful. "

" I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable. "

" It's just so humanizing to see someone be real. "

" Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it. "

" Curating, in the modern sense, is something I gravitate to. Taking different ideas from a bunch of different places and putting them into one place or space, a story that makes sense or a new idea. Everything is remixed and taken from other things to make something new. "

" I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side. "

" I'm very lucky that I'm not a photographer for hire - people hire me for me. I go into every commercial work with an art focus, with that lens; every brand I've worked for just lets me do whatever I want to do. I have full creative freedom. "

" 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. "

" For me, being in a car listening to music has always been my one spot to think. "

" You don't have to wait for anyone's approval to do things. "

" Women are inherently told their bodies are objects, so that's how we treat them. "

" For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space. "

" I really don't believe in the word 'selling out.' "

" It's hard for every girl to accept their body. This is something that I try to work on every day to set a good example. "

" I didn't really have an identity crisis because I really, really knew who I always wanted to be But I definitely had a lot of problems with my body. I was very skinny, and I guess my body was sort of pre-pubescent, but when I grew hips and thighs, I just didn't know where I was in the world. It was weird. "

" I really wanted to feel strong, I wanted my subjects to feel strong, but I didn't know how to do that. It's really hard for, I guess, every woman to not internalize misogyny. I just learned as I went on how to best capture my subjects without objectifying them. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that. "

" I did two years at art school in criticism and curatorial practice, but I dropped out because I was frustrated that there was this hierarchy where I couldn't do anything or ask questions. "

" From the beginning of puberty, I did really badly in school. I was super dyslexic; I was in special ed. I had a hard time reading and writing, so I thought that my self worth was in my looks, how I presented myself, and how other people perceived me. "

" I've always been fascinated by the desert. "

" Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him. "

Petra Collins

Love

Oh My God

" That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera. "

" When a woman is anything but pleasant, she is labeled as whiny, hysterical, etc. "