A lot of artists need structure.

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

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

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

The camera gives you some control.

I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I would have the animals on set, I'd notice the way the models would interact with them and there was so much true emotion that you rarely see between two human beings.

When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic design, you were all taking the same classes, but the photographers just went straight into photography.