With her trusty sidekick Leo (her beloved dog), Bridgette Bloom is a child of the wilderness. With a feral spirit and the abandon of a forest sprite, Bloom follows in the great tradition of American wanderers – documenting with her camera all along the way. Bloom’s photographs are like a beautiful dream in someone else’s afterlife – a cinematic elysium that explodes in cloudbursts of life altering reminders to never waste even a single moment. See more photos and read an interview after the jump.

PAS UN AUTRE: When did you first discover photography?

BRIGETTE BLOOM: I’ve loved pictures my whole life. sometimes i’d find strangers old family photos on the street when i’d walk home from school and was so fascinated by the things other people took pictures of. I love the idea of photography; how you can hold a moment in your hand, it’s like time traveling!

AUTRE: Can you remember the first image you ever took?

BLOOM: The first photo i took was probably of a slug, or my eye or something, but the first one I can remember is when I was very little, I lined up all my trolls on the table and took a polaroid of them, I loved it so much. I took it with me to school in my backpack and would look at it throughout the day. Another early one is one I took of my old hamster, cotton ball, right after she bit my brother on the arm.

AUTRE: You seem like a pretty fervent traveler – where are you now?

BLOOM:  I moved to Portland a few months ago from Alaska, but now that spring is here I feel the need to get up and leave again. I always like to be on the move, passing through, getting my feet dirty. I’ve had so many beautiful, growing experiences through traveling, I see myself doing it forever.

AUTRE: Who is Leo?

BLOOM: My heart, my gentle but very strong willed dog.

AUTRE: What are some of your biggest influences or inspirations?

BLOOM: I’m deeply inspired by animals. Everything about them is so mysterious and honest, I feel like an animal myself. But really, I am inspired by almost anything- looking into a strangers eyes, drinking fog, listening to the coyotes howl as I fall asleep, silence, intuition, eating good food, finding dog hair stuck to my shirt, courage, the seed of a peach, dripping honey, smile lines, blood, dreamers, cracked lips, whats natural and wild, how the body heals itself, raw feelings, the heart of the sun, self love, feeling connected to everything around you, i’m just in love with life.

AUTRE: Whats next?

BLOOM: I feel that I haven’t even touched the surface of my photography yet, there is so much more to be created! Right now i’m just enjoying each day and we’ll see what happens when it comes….

Follow Brigette Bloom’s journey on her tumblr. Text by Oliver Maxwell Kupper for Pas Un Autre. 

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Photograph by Rory DCS

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Hailing from Vermont, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder are MV & EE, a folky, psychedelic outfit whose amazing new album Space Homestead is full of rough-around-the-edges, yet beautiful lo-fi gems that remind you an eternal country summer.  Listen below to the great track Sweet Sure Gone, which has been on loop for the past few days, and you can purchase the full album which came out a few days ago on the Woodsist label. Text by Oliver Maxwell Kupper for Pas Un Autre

MV & EE – Sweet Sure Gone

Photograph by Abbey Meaker

by Danny Sangra

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James Franco & Adarsha Benjamin wearing Future Eyes last weekend in Los Angeles for Rebel festivities…