I'm so pro-selfie because I think it's a tool that allows girls to create images of their own and of themselves. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
It's one thing when you are photographing others, but when you are exposing yourself and your insecurities, that's the biggest risk. That's… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
When I do an editorial or when I do a campaign, I bring that lens to every space. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I think a way that feminist photographers work is turning what was the object into the subject and really making it our… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
We [photographers] have the tools and the power to create images - we should try to make them as truthful as possible. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that I'm not a photographer for hire - people hire me for me. I go into every commercial work… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
A thing that I'm always worried about doing is putting an image of myself on my Instagram or somewhere else that looks… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
The selfie is revolutionary to me. It is, I think, the only point in history where masses of young girls and women… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing. — Petra Collins Copy Share
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. — Petra Collins Copy Share
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… — Petra Collins Copy Share
My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada without knowing any English. She worked… — Petra Collins Copy Share
I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high… — Petra Collins Copy Share
There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. — Petra Collins Copy Share
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. — Petra Collins Copy Share
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… — Petra Collins Copy Share
The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because there is… — Petra Collins Copy Share
I look for subjects who have stories to tell - who are looking to tell something. — Petra Collins Copy Share
It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that. — Petra Collins Copy Share
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