Ten Decisions Shape Your Life

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The Strokes, "I'll Try Anything Once" (demo) (Rough Trade, 2006).

(I FINALLY watched Somewhere this weekend - probably the last person on the planet to have done so, but - it was so subtle and poignant and lovely...Sofia Coppola tells a story in images like nobody's business. Anyway. I'm not really a Strokes fan, but this song was perfect for the movie.)

(photo: Avon, Idaho, March 2012)

Maybe

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Trailer for the film Somewhere, written and directed by Sofia Coppola with music by Phoenix.

Romantic Reality

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75-year-old photographer Paul Jasmin grew up in Helena, Montana, but found himself attracted to the glow of Los Angeles from a young age. His new book, California Dreaming (from which the photos above and below are taken) captures a warmth, intimacy, and sense of possibility in the L.A. people and places it features.

"You can paint with a camera," Jasmin says. "That’s what I try to do with photography... it’s always about making something romantic of reality. I grew up in a housing project in Montana but to me it was heaven because I was always dreaming."

Jasmin with friend and student Sophia Coppola [Nowness.com]

Visit Nowness to read an interview with Paul Jasmin, and go here to see more photos from the book. California Dreaming is available from Steidl.