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Petra Collins Quotes

Canadian - Artist | December 21, 1992 -

My mother struggled immensely with mental illness, and so did I. She grew up bipolar, but it was never diagnosed nor recognized. It was shrugged off like a 'symptom' of being female - of her being weak. I also experienced this growing up: I felt that the great pain I experienced was a dramatisation.

Mother Great Pain Growing Up Growing

I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side.

Family Age Young Mental Illness Side

Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing.

Together Sadness Powerful Group Just

It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that.

Women Create Important Group Images

We live in such an image-heavy world that not seeing yourself in that landscape can really make it tough to feel human, to feel like you are part of the world.

Live Yourself World Tough Landscape

I think a way that feminist photographers work is turning what was the object into the subject and really making it our own.

Work Think Way Own I Think Object

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.

Myself I Am Doing Perfect Looks

I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense - so people who aren't, like, white male artists - because we don't have the privilege to create art and work alone, usually.

Work Alone Art People Think Create

Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it.

Art Die Outlet Biggest

Because I loved dance, I always need to be physical and moving, so photography that is more tactile made more sense.

Dance Moving Loved Photography Need

On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image.

Focus Looking You Image Film Really

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.

Identity World Problems Weird Body

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