...my camera is my friend, and I take it everywhere.

Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

I just like living in certain atmospheres. Or I just like people as they are.

Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

I realize that people need something to believe in.