I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family.

I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I would have the animals on set, I'd notice the way the models would interact with them and there was so much true emotion that you rarely see between two human beings.

I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks.

I was never told, "Fags are going to hell." You just didn't talk about it.

I think the driving force when I moved to New York was the fear of going home with my tail between my legs.

Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find these intimate moments and that people trusted me. That, basically, my camera was magic.