Star Photographer Petra Collins Is Taking Her Talents to MasterClass
Petra Collins was a teenager when she first picked up a 35 mm camera, not
knowing much about the device or the industry that revolves around it.
According to the 29-year-old native of Toronto, Canada, she “never learned the
basics,” leaving her to explore the medium as her own teacher
a journey that has now blossomed into a celebrated editorial and commercial career
and made her known for a defining photography style of the 2010s.
When I took a photography class as a young person, I never felt that anything
penetrated; it felt like I was not learning how to take a photo
“When I found alternative ways of learning, it really helped with my practice.”