I do not see my family life in any way, shape, or form as an opportunity for a photo.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My mom and I don't have a lot of photos of my early years.
My family was very unhappy about my becoming a photographer - profoundly and deeply unhappy.
The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, I'm pretty sure it would look like other families' around the world. There's a lot of juggling to be done.
I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.
I'm not the most beautiful one of my family.
My family lives a pretty normal life.
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.
If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.
I have never seen a picture of my mother. My mother's family never owned a photograph of her, which tells you everything you need to know about where I'm from and what the world was like for the people who gave me life.
I love this life. I feel like I am always catching my breath and saying, 'Oh! Will you look at that?' Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary life. You don't look for pictures. Your pictures are looking for you.