RA: I remember the first shoot I photographed here was at the Puck Building. I was shooting on the top floor but something happened to the studio below ours so we had to share a kitchen and bathroom with the crew working there. It turns out Meisel was shooting there and it was such a rush that I could be so close. He was right there creating something that three months later would be such an inspiration to people.

LC: Did you feel like peers?

RA: I had previously felt so distant, then suddenly, in New York, I realized how accessible it could be.

LC: Do you ever collaborate?

RA: I always work alone. It's something that has never really occurred to me because my vision is so specific.