I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people look back at and say, 'His early work was really great.

Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.

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 couldn't wait to come to New York to reinvent myself.

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.

All I do is make photos. It's my life.

I put all of my time into art because I couldn't go back to Jersey and work at Starbucks.