When I moved to New York, I was still in the closet.
In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.
All I do is make photos. It's my life.
The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family.
The camera gives you some control.
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.