PAUL JASMIN HAS HAD A LONG CAREER AS A FASHION
AND ART PHOTOGRAPHER. HE WAS BORN IN HELENA,
MONTANA AND IN 1954 LEFT TO BEGIN AN AMAZING
JOURNEY THAT WOULD TAKE HIM TO PARIS,
MOROCCO, NEW YORK AND EVENTUALLY “THE CITY
OF DREAMS”, LOS ANGELES.
PAUL HAD BEEN AN ILLUSTRATOR, A PAINTER AND AN
ACTOR, BEFORE PICKING UP A CAMERA- AT HIS
FRIEND, PHOTOGRAPHER BRUCE WEBER’S URGING.
PAUL’S IMAGES OF REAL AND IMAGINED DREAMERS
EVOKE A SENSUAL AND GLAMOROUS IDEAL WHILE
FIRMLY ROOTED IN REALITY.
HIS EDITORIAL WORK APPEARS IN VOGUE, TEEN
VOGUE, GQ, DETAILS, V MAGAZINE, V MAN, VOGUE
HOMMES, W, AND INTERVIEW. PAUL’S ADVERTISING
CLIENTS INCLUDE NAUTICA, APC, SAKS, AND
NORDSTROMS.
HE LIVES AND WORKS IN LOS ANGELES WHERE HE
TEACHES AT THE ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN IN
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.
PAUL’S PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS INCLUDE THE MUCH-
ACCLAIMED HOLLYWOOD COWBOY (2002) AND ITS
FOLLOW UP, LOST ANGELES (2004). IN DECEMBER
2010, STEIDL/7L PUBLISHED PAUL’S LONG AWAITED
THIRD BOOK, CALIFORNIA DREAMING. (Bio from WM
Artist Management)
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