Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth.

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

Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up. It sounds kind of cliché, but it's true.

The camera gives you some control.

I really don't want to be part of just one group. I'm interested in doing everything - making music videos, shooting campaigns, having -gallery and museum shows, making movies. Everyone wants to put you in a box, and I'm afraid I'm not that kind of person.

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

Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something you need.