It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.

No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing nothing except erasing their magic.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity.

I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.

In Los Angeles, individuality is very big, because people live in secluded bubbles. People don't walk around. They're very insular, and that allows for people to be whatever they want.

Ive been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter.

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.