This book shows Justine Kurland’s take on the classic American tale of the runaway and takes us on a wild ride of freedom, memorializing the moments of adolescence and the fearlessness that accompanied it. Kurland published pictures of girls in a series called “Girl Pictures.” The staged photos are set in urban and wilderness locations, the images depict the girls as being hopeful and independent.

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Edited images:

These inspired images were taken on multiple occasions because I wanted to capture the ‘natural’ and ‘candid’ look of the images which I knew would be best achieved by taking pictures of my friends when we met up. This allowed me to capture the feeling of friendship and youth without the images looking staged.