Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments. It led to more and more photography, and fashion was the angle into photography for me. It was incredible to see photographs by Irving Penn or Helmut Newton. I was really intrigued by that, and that's what led me to New York City.

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.