Lauren Greenfield

I'm also looking for the psychological elements that fuel commodity culture. For example, if we imbue girls with deep insecurity about their…

— Lauren Greenfield

I've often looked at the extremes as a way to shed light on the mainstream. Even though everybody says, "Money doesn't buy…

— Lauren Greenfield

I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.

— Lauren Greenfield

I've often used the extremes in my work to comment on the mainstream. I think that sometimes a subject that I'm working…

— Lauren Greenfield

My first book, Fast Forward, was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture…

— Lauren Greenfield

My photography is often a sociological look at American culture, and it's been very well published in the U.K.

— Lauren Greenfield

I've also been documenting an unsustainable way of life. And you see in peoples' stories that this world of consumerism does not…

— Lauren Greenfield

I'm constantly trying to deconstruct what I see and to show its beauty and its attraction. I use bright colors and strobes…

— Lauren Greenfield

I've long been interested in looking at the culture of consumerism and also was interested in this connection between the American dream…

— Lauren Greenfield

The economist Juliet Schor talks about how our reference group has changed over the last twenty-five years. As we spend less time…

— Lauren Greenfield

You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and…

— Lauren Greenfield

The people in the popular group say there is no peer pressure because they are at the top of the food chain.…

— Lauren Greenfield

Hip-hop has been so important in my work, because it speaks to the idea of money being tied to cultural capital in…

— Lauren Greenfield

The 1970s were the height of social mobility. College was accessible. My grandfather was a poor immigrant who went to a public…

— Lauren Greenfield

I am very lucky that my first film was fully commissioned by HBO.

— Lauren Greenfield

When I first moved from photography to filmmaking, I was worried about how big I had to become. I was one person,…

— Lauren Greenfield

My photography is often a sociological look at American culture and it's been very well published in the UK.

— Lauren Greenfield

I focus on a lot of women's issues.

— Lauren Greenfield

When the words ‘like a girl’ are used to mean something bad, it is profoundly disempowering. I am proud to partner with…

— Lauren Greenfield

During the Reagan eighties, the idea that money was a good thing - it was good to be rich; that wealth was…

— Lauren Greenfield

These days, the media is defining what cultural capital is, and it's easily learned. If you have money, anything can be bought.…

— Lauren Greenfield

All my film ideas and subjects have come from photography.

— Lauren Greenfield

What I'm documenting can be hard to distill, because it's all around us like the air we breathe. I often need to…

— Lauren Greenfield

Race is a huge factor when it comes to income and social inequality, and it plays a role in the structural barriers…

— Lauren Greenfield