Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.
We were just hanging out and getting to learn about each other. But I think trust was a really big thing. Patti [Smith] is a good friend, somebody I can talk to.
We just grew to trust each other [with Patti Smith] more and more over the years. Most of the time I didn't even have a movie camera.
I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.
I shot [Dream of Life] all on 16-millimeter, and I just wanted to learn about Patti [Smith].
Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.
For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.
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.
Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.
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.
I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.
Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.
The editing process was a free-for-all, and since I hadn't gone to film [Dream of Life] school or anything like that, I just said, "We'll do this. We'll do that." It was a really great experience that way.
I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.
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.
[Through the making of Dream of Life] I learned about being patient, perseverance, having a dream, a goal. I learned that I can accomplish something despite not knowing anything about it when I begin.
I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting that through Patti [Smith] - because she takes pictures, performs, writes; she does so many things, and that was a big inspiration to me. It helped me realized that I'm not just a fashion photographer. I wanted to do all these other artistic things as well, and during filming my mind opened up to those possibilities.
I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.
I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.
I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.
I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.
For me to see the film [Dream of Life] on a big screen - it's pretty extraordinary.
Hopefully I can inspire lots of people to learn about [Patti Smith], to read poetry or learn about William Blake or Arthur Rimbaud.
I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.
Ultimately, the film [Dream of Life] is inspirational.
"I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there."
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