Toronto-born photographer and curator Petra Collins is synonymous with pastel-hued coming-of-age portraits that give voice to the experience of female adolescence. In this new film, the influential image-maker reflects on a decade of prolific work, recently brought together for a new book from Rizzoli, Coming of Age, which traces her development as a photographer after first picking up a camera at 15. Responding to a time when female bodies are ubiquitously mediated by social media, the now New York-based photographer has created a visual grammar that is both personal and universal, building a space that celebrates and validates a female perspective.
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petra… what a beautiful name <3
shows the vulnerability of female existence in such a moving way!
Lost girl who needs Jesus Christ
anynody know the names of the songs used in this?
gentle. powerful.
Does anyone know what camera she uses
I dont really like her pics tbh
I can see she is stuck in the 60-70s
She is so cool!!!!!!!
such a queen
i like her better than her pics
I love the pics from Frank Ocean by her.
I would LOVE to see an episode with Paolo Roversi.
Esta hermosisima
love of my life
what is the name of the Background music?
perfeitaaa
I hope they do Harley Weir next!
typo in the intro… "photograhers"
Where is the music from?
she sounds like rooney mara
She’s great
Great photographer but supremely overrated
Petra Collins is the Taylor swift of photography.
Her feminism is shallow and one dimensional and comes from a place of privlige and self entitlement.
Her work is repetitive, cliche and pandering.
And she's so damn irritating.
"Here's my 600th close up of a baby faced model in cute white panties under neon lights. It's a revolutionary statement about coming of age"
If sweat shop made "grl pwr" tee shirts worn by models with their nipples poking through, their entire purpose to sexualize a women's rights movement to stop the hyper sexualisation of women, was a single person
It would be petra Collins.