Thanks to Anna, Raevv’n, Jacqueline, Kelly, and Anyu for modeling. Makeup by Tami Sombati. Styling by Chloe Wise. All clothes from 69 Vintage.
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I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS. Just saying.
2, 3, 9, and the last three.
That is all.
They are perfect. Seriously.
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One of the best photosets on Rookie so far.
Sad, bitter, fantastic.
~que sera, sera~
ugh gonna be desperate to watch heathers all night now.
this is so beautiful though. and sad, and detailed, and just ace.
Ah! I thought que sera, sera also!
This is one of my favorite photo sets on Rookie!
SO MANY FEELS :) (but mostly envy at Petra’s amzing talent!)
I looove the way you realize in the end that it’s all a rehearsal! When you see the empty room it feels so creepy and magic…
Thank you for another awesome photo series :)
Love, love, love! No.16
Beautiful shots, Petra. Magical, evocative, lovely in a somber sort of way. Especially love shot 20 and 23. :)
xo, Tori
P.S. featuring Petra’s sister and their mom!
I thought that one girl looked like her..
I want to kiss Petra’s whole family.
This is awesome. I Love their coach, such a typical former beauty queen :D
YOUR MOM IS AMAZING. i especially love the shot with just her in the audience.
All the Shots.
Anyone else put in mind of ‘Charm School’ by these?
Simply fantastic photos – the girls all look so pretty!
Petra ur so radical. These are so enchanting, the muted/eery tone of the pictures is what’s so beautiful about them, and the whole prom/pageant aesthetic is -ze bomb-, i made a collage about pageant queens about a month ago. and also for some reason these remind me of the greetings from teenage hell photo set!
the ending is so theatrical! I feel like I just watched a film!
I thought the title of this was “Pregnant Girls”, which got me thinking — Rookie has written an article on teen pregnancy yet, right? Could be interesting.
Anyway — I love love the light blue dress. I love all the dresses, but especially that one.
Not yet, but we’ve been talking about doing that for a while.
I thought I read Pregnant Girls as well, and by the way, an article about teen pregnancy is a good idea :-)
THOSE DRESSES o.O<333333
Must say this month’s theme is AMAZING. I love the outfits in this shoot (fake fur coats!) and picture 8 is my favourite. Petra, you are so good in what you do!
this is fab
omg these photos (‘: I’m obsessed with that disgustingly unflattering fluorescent lighting in these, especially since even though the girls look haggard and dark from the lights, they’re gorgeous! (this sounds like a back-handed compliment, but I meant it to be a compliment-compliment)
These are beautiful. And as soon as I read the little caption text, I started singing.
Will I be pretty, will I be rich? Here’s what she said to me…
these are so lovely! i want to live in a world inside of petra’s photos.
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crazy pageant mom amazingness
these are great! i saw this cool music video for a rap song recently with a bunch of little pagent girls in it! also i’m loving all the mcqueen and isabella stuff in the backgrounds this month!
Will I be pretty, will I be rich?????
OMG SO EXCITED FOR THIS <3 <3 <3 I love your photos Petra!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness. I LOVE IT.
do the slideshows never work for anyone else using google chrome? i would love to see them but the previous and next buttons never work for me!
They work on Chrome for me!
this may be over-analyzing but…is anyone else drawing a comparison to prostitution? sorry if that was supposed to be obvious and I just ruined it but I found it really interesting considering the way people feel about pageant moms.
Props to Petra! I felt like I was watching a movie!
I love this!!! I love #14’s outfit especially.
i really love that it has an old vintage look but you use cellphones and modern prop
OMG This photoset looks like sanpshots right out of a movie! Such an awesome story behind these pictures :’)
I like how there are so many photos. I am reading year one right now and I am like “I need more photos these are brill and totally signature.”
the teenage feelings are captured so well in these honest, poignant and somewhat melancholy photos. well done petra!!
This is quite frankly the epitome of perfect…
wow. these are really arresting and yet still hazy and dreamlike. fantastic. and i love the styling–i now want to put on a fluffy tulle dress and too much mascara and a tiara.
Like we say in France “Ce photoshoot est dingue”. Absolutely crazily beautiful. Petra you’re the best !
#9 is my favorite. I just love how familiar these photos feel, even though I’ve never been in a pageant.
PETRA
STOP
This is waaaaaaaaay too pretty for my brain to handle <3
I particularly adore 24…
AHHHHHHH Jesus it's so pretty.
I’m just basking in awe at how amazing this is.
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fabulous petra! the first one reminds me of almost famous. i was listening to “he hit me” and it was just a perfect combo xx
omg. beaut just beaut.
i saw some of these on instagram and uhh i got so excited!!!;D they’re absolutely brilliant (as always) Petra!
These make me think of a bitter, demented, aesthetically pleasing cult lead by Petra’s mom…. Sign me up!
Oh gee…! At first i read pregnant girls… lol. The photos are soo cool! They don’t seem so shiny more dark and kinda sad, though they’re beautiful aswell! Who comes up with your photo ideas?
Wow. This is such a stunning photoset!
Making the worlds tackiest stage melancholic and ethereal is a task, exceedingly well executed.
Magical and enchanting, as usual!
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2, 5, 8 , 14..23.. oh I can’t choose. atmospheric.
Love.Love.Love.Love.Love.Love.LOVE.LOOOOOVE.
I like these “washed out” pictures!