If a guy can't handle your crazy pictures, he's probably not someone you want in your life.
Petra CollinsGirls are taught to be so afraid to take up any "space," even with their own bodies, and hair is a part of that. I'm glad to not be a part of that!
Petra CollinsWe [photographers] have the tools and the power to create images - we should try to make them as truthful as possible.
Petra CollinsIf a guy can't handle your natural hair, he's weak. Why waste time on someone like that?
Petra CollinsWith any medium you are working in, technical skills obviously help, but your mind is what you really need to expand. That is how you create work. That's the role of the artist - to change the way you view things.
Petra CollinsI feel like fashion is becoming more inclusive, partly because the industry is finally getting that beauty exists in so many ways, and partly because thanks to Instagram, girls can create their own images, or remix images they're seeing in magazines and fashion shows, in ways that weren't possible before.
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