The Canadian photographer known for her dreamy film portrayals of youth, sexuality and femininity hasn't always lived a charmed life:
Author:Whitney BauckUpdated:Oct 17, 2018Original:Mar 1, 2017In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion industry about how they broke in and found success.
In the years since then, Collins has continually proven that she's noteworthy for more than just how early her success began. If what made her initially appealing was her outsider's perspective and distinctive analog aesthetic, what's made her a top photographer in the industry is the way she continues to evolve that vision for bigger and bigger gigs in the world of photography, art and fashion.
When I first got to New York I had enough photography jobs to make money, but I moved here with a suitcase and $500. It still baffles me how I made it work because I didn't have any financial backup.It's important to do other things to strengthen the medium you work with. But curating is also such a part of my photo life and my life as a creative, so it was helpful for figuring out how to take influences from different mediums and put them into my photos.
There's a difference between seeing someone in a similar stage copying my work and seeing teenagers who are just learning to shoot copying my photography, because that's sort of how you learn, by copying what you love. So it's heartwarming for me to see young people copying my work or doing projects on it. It means they really love it.I've been so lucky to have almost all my commercial and editorial work be completely my creative vision.
It seems like a lot of people who are really committed to analog hate social media and want stay away from it, but you've really embraced it.
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