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.

It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.

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

Growing up, my room was covered in posters. I was like, "I want to make posters."

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature.

Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.

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