The photographer and director’s life and work before and after her erasure from Euphoria.
According to various sources, the look and casting of Sam Levinson‘s Euphoria (2019-2022)…
… is lifted from the work of photographer Petra Collins. chocolette breaks down the artist’s aesthetic in under two minutes:
Projects
Music videos directed by Collins, which explore feminine coming-of-age through a horror lens, include Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘good 4 u’…
… and Selena Gomez‘s ‘Fetish‘:
Artist Profiles
Nowness profiles the artist and her work:
antiheroines chronicles the artist’s timeline:
And coming full circle, Final Girl Studios makes the case that Petra Collins’ treatment by Sam Levinson and Hollywood more generally fits disappointingly neatly into traditions of the theft of women’s work:
Further Viewing
Different life stories, similar subject matter and aesthetic concerns – director Sofia Coppola: