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.
I'm not going to hide behind anything.
I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer.
I was never told, "Fags are going to hell." You just didn't talk about it.
A lot of artists need structure.
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.