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.

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

Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find these intimate moments and that people trusted me. That, basically, my camera was magic.

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

I didn't have to be friends with people who were into pop music.

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

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.