I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.

My idea was that if I took a picture of somebody and years later, or whenever, they would die and if someone wanted to know who this person was, they could take one of these pictures and it would tell who the person was.

I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.

People will get tired of overly retouched images soon and they'll want something different. If people have too much reality, they want fantasy. What matters most is what the image communicates. I remember the first roll of film I shot at high school, the contact sheet went from these really worthy images of cracks in the wall and ended up with all of my dancer friends naked in Renaissance poses.

The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether that’s old people’s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because that’s what you’ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.