I couldn't wait to come to New York to reinvent myself.

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.

When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic design, you were all taking the same classes, but the photographers just went straight into photography.

I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.

From 8 to 19, I was skateboarding every single day. That was my life. I worked at a skate shop. I watched skate videos.

Everyone started to have a camera. That's when I started to travel outside of New York and go into nature.

I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.