My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized. It was shrugged off like a 'symptom' of being female - of her being weak. I also experienced… — 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 Image
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 Image
Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I look for subjects who have stories to tell - who are looking to tell something. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
