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'm making the art for me first. I'm making it because these are the pictures I want to see. I'm making pictures that don't yet exist.

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."

You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.

I was never raised with anybody telling me that gay was bad.

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