Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth.

Coming from California and growing up where I did, I've always had a fondness for and innate sensitivity to light, texture, and warmth.

I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.

I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques.

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

Each time I did assignments or editorials, I realized that I wanted to do something more. I saw that it wasn't just about the clothes.

To me it's just going for the moment that counts. Sometimes, I'll have all the elements there, and I like to play and push something, and to me, in the end, you do achieve things that you're not aware of in the beginning, even though you're there trying to get them.