My dad was in the Korean War. He got shot seven times. He had seven bullet holes in him. And out of his troop of 35 guys, he was one of nine guys that came back. And when he came back from that he had seven kids in seven years.

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.

I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.

In college, all my friends were graffiti writers, but I never wrote graffiti. I wanted to participate and do something cool on the street, so I'd make these portraits of people. I'd isolate them on a white wall, make a silkscreen of it, and do these portraits in bathrooms and all around. That's how I started the Polaroids.

What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.

I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.

From 8 to 19, I was skateboarding every single day. That was my life. I worked at a skate shop. I watched skate videos.