I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story.

I think you have to have a real point of view that's your own. You have to tell it your way. And, I think that it's a mistake to shoot for a specific magazine's point of view because it's never going to be as good. You have to shoot for yourself and photograph [ the way] you believe it.

I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country.

Im just interested in what makes a photograph.

A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

I was fascinated by my own prom pictures.