Zitat des Tages von Petra Collins:
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.
My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place.
I'm thin and white and blond, but I'm not an airbrushed, perfect thing. I have stretch marks all over. I have cellulite; I have acne. To me, it feels like you can't really be what you can't see, and so if you don't see those things, then you don't feel like you're valid.
It's just so humanizing to see someone be real.
When I do an editorial or when I do a campaign, I bring that lens to every space.
My style motto is pretty classic: you give off a positive energy when you wear what you're most comfortable in.
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.
How girls perceive themselves is interesting, and how they act when they're looking in the mirror.
If I have extra money, I always love to support my friends who're making art.
For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space.
For me, being in a car listening to music has always been my one spot to think.
There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25.
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.
I post all the time anyway. It's part of who I am. There's me IRL. There's me URL. That's just my life. Plus, I love it. It's amazing to connect with so many people.
I want people to see themselves in a person. I never want someone to aspire to be someone else.
Occasionally, I'll wear glitter or blue eye shadow.
My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home.
I think anytime you can share images that make young women feel a sense of belonging when they might not be feeling their best or their strongest is so cool.
I wish I didn't think about what my body looks like. It can be done - it's just a long process.
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.
Everyone has a mirror face that's so different from their natural face. And I think it's interesting, seeing the way people want to be viewed when they're putting themselves together.
When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist.
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 think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional - if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch.
The feminist movement is way bigger than the word. I don't police people on what they call themselves, but equality and a general sense of togetherness are really important to me.
I want to direct a feature film. Horror is my main genre.
A good jean that fits someone's butt right is just amazing. It's just classic.
A thing that I'm always worried about doing is putting an image of myself on my Instagram or somewhere else that looks perfect, because that's not who I am, and that's not what I want to preach.
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.
I think a way that feminist photographers work is turning what was the object into the subject and really making it our own.
I'm definitely a Sagittarius. I'm such a fire sign.
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.
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 retail jobs and raised my sister and me while learning English.
I know having a social media profile removed is a 21st century privileged problem - but it is the way a lot of us live. These profiles mimic our physical selves and a lot of the time are even more important. They are ways to connect with an audience, to start discussion, and to create change.
When a woman is anything but pleasant, she is labeled as whiny, hysterical, etc.
That's what I look for in models: Someone who can tell a story and has a presence in front of the camera.