I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.
I'm not going to hide behind anything.
The cool part about New York is that you can do that. You can talk to all the people you admire.
What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.
When I moved to New York, I was still in the closet.
I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about the photographer feeing comfortable right when they walk in that makes the subject feel comfortable.