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PHOTO ISSUE EXTRA - PUNK BOY PINUPS (BEHIND THE SCENES OF "JAILBAIT-CORE")

The first year I moved back to NYC I was living on St. Marks. I was 22 years old, documenting these young punk boys for almost a year. My apartment was kind of like a crash pad for these kids. They were my friends but they also knew I was documenting them. Because of them, my first year back is a huge blur. A lot of times it would totally get out of control but it was worth every minute of chaos.

Amy Kellner saw my punk boy series and asked me to do "Punk Boy Pinups" for this year's Photo Issue. I think she picked up an element of sexual innocence out of it. She used some of my personal work and then I asked some of my punk friends and some of my non-punk friends to help me model for this project. It was really fun to create my own "reality." I've never been drawn to the average dude, so to some extent these boys were my Barbie dolls. I could create what I wanted to see and that's what I did. I rounded up some of the hottest boys in the city for this project. I was never involved with any of these boys—OK, except one. Briefly. Meet the boys!

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Jasper, aka Matt (Capricorn)

Jasper is a young runaway/famous straight muse photographed by everyone from Larry Clark to Patrick O'Dell. He lived with me for a few weeks on St. Marks. Total bad boy, thinks NYC is his playground. He's a sweet kid but the last time he stayed with me he slashed my pumpkin heads and I had to kick him out for good.

Matty (Taurus)

Holton (Pisces)

Ian (Aries)

Wojtek (Virgo)

Suvi (Libra)

David (Gemini)

David was one of the first friends I made in New York. He's the real deal. A cute and sexy punk boy living in Brooklyn who is also a very talented photographer. Amy asked for a shot of a boy with a leather jacket with his booty sticking out. David is always down for anything. He's the one.

DANA GOLDSTEIN

See Dana's photos and more from the Photo Issue at Vice's exhibition openingon July 16 at Spencer Brownstone.