Between 1997 and 2002, Justine Kurland photographed stage scenes of teenage girls as imagined runaways, offering a radical vision of community and feminism against the masculine myth of the American landscape. Brought together in the volume “Girl Pictures” (Aperture, 2020), Kurland (@justine4good) portrays these girls as fearless and free, tender yet fierce. “I wanted to make the communion between girls visible, foregrounding their experiences as primary and irrefutable. I imagined a world in which acts of solidarity between girls would engender even more girls,” writes Kurland. “Behind the camera, I was also somehow in front of it—one of them, a girl made strong by other girls.” Now back in stock, see our link in bio to order your copy of “Girl Pictures.” Image: Justine Kurland, Snow Angels, 2000; Courtesy the artist