I've been attracted to Kate Moss since I was a teenager..

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work..

I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I would have the animals on set, I'd not….

Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up.….

I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer..

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an ….

I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images..

I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older..

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 reall….

I was voted most artistic in school..

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

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 havi….

All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work is to recreate those. It's ea….

I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like, a $100 check and go immedia….

I was studying graphic design at the time, when negative scanners and all that stuff was coming out, and you could do it all in your apartment. So I ….

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'm not going to hide behind anything..

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 moment….

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

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

I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find t….