I got a lot of attention when I was really young, and people have it in their minds that I'm still 24 years old. So I made the decision that I had photographed everything I was interested in in New York. New York is a town you have to embrace, but you also need to leave. I may revisit it one day, but for me it's a place to live rather than one to make work in.

I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship.

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

I think a lot about control nowadays, and I really want to let go and just be more in the moment.

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.

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

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.