Meet The Artist

Greetings & Welcome! I am Vanessa Tiegs.

I'm often asked what Venus Geist means. It is the translation of my full name: 

 

Van-ESSA is the alternate spelling of Venus, meaning essence of the sacred feminine, and Tiegs is the anagram of German Geist, meaning spirit, genius or ghost. 

How I Became A Photographer

When I was 10 years old, my father had a dark room & showed me how he processed photographs the old-fashioned hard way.

 

In summer 2010, I opened my photography studio equipped with the 2010 state of the art Digital SLR Canon EOS 7D. I then committed myself to photographing my Golden Retriever, Vivi, for 365 continuous days. I published a coffee table photo book in 2011.

 

Getty Images, Avanti Press, and a European press licensed many of my photographs of her internationally. My photo series, "Vivi's Ballerina Dreams," is famous today in South Africa (Cape Town, Durban & Johannesburg) as the campaign poster for Dancers Love Dogs, a not-for-profit organization.

Dance Photography

Having danced ballet, I enjoy photographing dancers who I coach. One of my students joined the Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet in New York. 

 

Her two Venus Geist Portraits below derive from shots I took of her.

Other Creative Outlets

 

 

I have also practiced classical piano, calligraphy, painting, model building, interior design & karmic astrology before learning AI virtual enhancement skills. 

 

Virtual Fine Art Photography lets me integrate my understanding, working knowledge & skill set practices of feminine archetypal psychology & mythology learned from Karmic Astrology studies with Zsuzsanna Griga.

 

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Thanks so much for your time.

 

Sincerely,

Vanessa Tiegs, M.A.

 

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