I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay.

Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

Today a lot of things are so celebrity-oriented; it's only because it's celebrity and the photograph is lost. To me it's important to have an image that is a photograph first, not about necessarily who that person is.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.