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

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

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

I was studying graphic design at the time, when negative scanners and all that stuff was coming out, and you could do it all in your apartment. So I would shoot, make contact sheets, scan all the cool negatives, and make all these zines and books of my photos to give to my friends. I was really into zine- and bookmaking from skate culture.

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

I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.

Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.