My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.

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.

I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.

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

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

A lot of artists need structure.

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