People look the best when they feel the most comfortable, so I buy 10 of the same thing if I really like it. Petra Collins Read Quote
I wish I didn’t think about what my body looks like. It can be done – it’s just a long process. Petra Collins Read Quote
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. Petra Collins Read Quote
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. Petra Collins Read Quote
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. Petra Collins Read Quote
What’s cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me. Petra Collins Read Quote
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. Petra Collins Read Quote
As a young woman, I was disturbed by the fact that there was no imagery that truly expressed the experience of a young woman and the challenges and turbulence we go through. All we had were teenage magazines like ‘Cosmopolitan,’ which are very one-sided and show an objectified view of women. Petra Collins Read Quote
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. Petra Collins Read Quote
