Creating room to work and design in a small space is always a challenge. The other day Melinda and I were cleaning out her studio and we came across my old desk that had been in the family for a good forty years or so. It was great to see it and I realized it would fit perfectly in the small room that was soon to be my office/design studio. Rummaging through the attic, I found two old glass windows that worked well for a table top and the other to display postcards from art openings and shops during my previous summer's stay in Paris. The wall is covered in a collection of old pressed flowers from Alabama that my great grandmother created and I had framed. Along with small illustrations and some of my photography, it has become my inspiration wall.
These two photos are for Kiki. Anouck and Niko say hi and miss you very much. They've asked that you please bring them back a three toed sloth for them to play with. They will name him, "Henry".
These are some photos taken today from "neighbors'" porches. It's June in Savannah where a breeze is a boon and the rockers are rocking. A person can live next door to someone for years and still be a stranger. Put the same two people on porches and pretty soon there's the smell of bbq.
Originally from Queens, New York, Anissa Dawn Manzo moved to Savannah in 1998 to pursue her MFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design. After selling her local coffee shop and boutique, Cafe Mucha, (directly inspired by the French boulangeries and cafes of old), she spent a summer living in Paris.
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” (Ernest Hemmingway)
A former international vacation consultant and tour guide, Anissa has found many ways to explore many parts of the world with its different cultures and peoples, always with camera in hand.
When she is not capturing beauty, light and lines through her photography, Manzo works as a freelance graphic designer and language tutor. She is currently living in South Korea working as an English tutor for a Brazilian company.
Anissa is looking forward to returning to the States this July and making a home with her new husband- fellow photographer and traveling gypsy- Russell Goeken.
I accept paypal and major credit cards. I am currently carrying work in Shop SCAD in Savannah and Atlanta with the hopes of becoming a regular contributor at KOBO Gallery. Please note below that I am currently selling matted prints on ETSY.COM. Feel free to click on the link below and if you don't see a print listed that you like, please let me know. ciao!