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" With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders to constantly be working on our body. "
Petra Collins
Body
Technology
Social Media
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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. "
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" I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side. "
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" The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women have been able to control, create, and publish images of themselves. "
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" Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense. "
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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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" I really don't believe in the word 'selling out.' "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "
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" Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow. "
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" I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge - my way of speaking, of dealing with my own issues and connecting with the world. "
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Writing
" It's very insulting when you're in charge and someone is talking down to you. "
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" I wish I didn't think about what my body looks like. It can be done - it's just a long process. "
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" There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" Being taken seriously as a young woman is the biggest hurdle as I grow older. "
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" I want people to see themselves in a person. I never want someone to aspire to be someone else. "
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" I love working in groups - I think it makes each individual more powerful. "
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" When I do an editorial or when I do a campaign, I bring that lens to every space. "
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" As much as I preach self-love, it's so hard for me to love myself. It's really hard, and it's just about building a good network of people and, in this case, a good network of artists. Trying to live your ideals as best as you can. "
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" 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. "
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" Live what you support online; do things. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was growing up, my parents would apologize when we didn't have enough money for something. I'd always tell them that it was O.K. and that I had learned to work hard because of them. "
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