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.

The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family.

I was never raised with anybody telling me that gay was bad.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

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

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

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