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 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.

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.

The thing about being a photographer that's so cool is that you get to participate, but you also get to disappear. The camera is in front of your face all the time.

There was no luxury. I never got on an airplane until I was 18. We drove everywhere. My dad was like, "Waste not, want not."

I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer.

I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people look back at and say, 'His early work was really great.