To paraphrase an anonymous Chinese poet who eloquently said that to recreate something in words is like being alive twice… To photograph something is like being alive in that moment endlessly.

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I try to make sure what I post is decent, but sometimes I put stuff up just cause I like it. What I consider to be my best and most finished work can be found in my portfolio set.

Please know I appreciate each and every comment, and that I thank you.


Vanita - View my 'portfolio' set on Flickriver


QUOTES FOR FUN...

under my bottom
the stone warms up...
moonlit night
~ Issa

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd.
Without innovation, it is a corpse.
~ Winston Churchill

Luck favors the prepared, darling.
~ Edna Mode in the movie The Incredibles

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
~ Richard Feynman

She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.
~ Raymond Chandler

An idea is salvation by imagination.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out.
~ William F. Buckley, Jr.

If you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you ARE! And you should know that.
~ Crash Davis in the movie Bull Durham

A child of five would understand this.
Send someone to fetch a child of five.
~ Groucho Marx

No one expects...
nobody expects the spanish inquisition
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I am female, and taken with my husband and young son

June 2004 ...My camera was a Minolta DiMAGE 7 Hi.
August 2005 ...My camera became a Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200.
March 2009 ... A Canon EOS 50D joined the family.
August 2011 ... A Canon EOS 7D came aboard.


Houston, Texas Is where I live.

My two cents... Carry your camera everywhere, and try not to look shifty.

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Photos of Vanita (1)

  • Vanita and her Minolta by The Rocketeer
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Vanita's favorite photos from other Flickr members (5,307)

  • IMG_1549 by kinjotx
  • Me Walking Thru Fushimi Inari by hirosan
  • The Troughs of Pantheon Fossae (NASA, Mercury MESSENGER, 12/25/11) by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Fog At Sea by OneEighteen
  • by Szoff
  • The notcats really like swans. by notcatherinezeta
  • La vie quotidienne by O Caritas
  • View from Lady Washington by Protection Island
  • Olive Fingers by Kelly Sue
  • 365.217 Eat Me! - Michael in Wonderland No. 2 by Michael Shum
  • Happy New Year! by birdtoes
  • Dusty in the Laundry Basket by Philosopher Queen
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Testimonials (26)

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    curiouslee says:

    "I think there's an old asian soul inside Vanita feeding zen into her beautiful photographs. Her images make my screen more serene and intelligent."

    26th November, 2009

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    O Caritas says:

    "Vanita is one of the gentlest, most softspoken spirits I've come across on flickr. Imaginative, cerebral, clever, witty and graceful would be the words I'd use if I were to write a testimonial for her.

    Something tells me she would be a good listener... a good and loyal friend."

    15th December, 2009

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    OneEighteen says:

    "A very original and imaginative photographer with a terrific sense of humor. All that plus technical skill with the camera at a very high level. Having her as a contact is a great pleasure because you never know quite what you'll find when you visit her photostream."

    22nd August, 2008

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    Mr. Greenjeans says:

    "When I tire of seeing typical and predictable Flickr photos (including my own!), I amble on over to Vanita's house where things always seem to be jumping!!! With her own unique take on things it's always a treat for the eyes and mind, whether it's family shots or knights in armor!!!

    I'm proud to call her 'friend'!!!!"

    30th August, 2007

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    lil miss priss says:

    "Vanita is my photographic muse. She inspires me to look at the world from a different vantage point, and in a different light.

    She brightens up my day, and is one of the people who I look forward to seeing on a daily basis. :o}"

    8th May, 2006

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    Tampen says:

    "Vanita's my American Idol. Her pictures sing...."

    9th March, 2006

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    bruce grant says:

    "tender heart + voracious vision = vanita
    how i love her work"

    23rd July, 2005

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    Snapatorium says:

    "One of the hardest things to do in photography is to have a signature style. Vanita has accomplished this task. She has a very unique and beautiful vision that shines through in each and every photo. She inspires me with her passion and joy for life, and in some instances, even death. Every set she works on could be published into a spectacular book. I am a huge fan of her “fortune cookie” series! Intelligent, beautiful, funny, this lady has it all and I am honored to call her friend."

    29th April, 2005

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    TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

    "She is more than anything I could try to describe in a few lines. So, to sum up, I´d say:

    She is a world herself. A theory and a practice, altogether. Vanita is not just a great person, a photographer, a thoughtful reader, a loving mother... Neither she is a fashion, nor a style or a trend.

    Vanita is a Philosophy.

    And she is here to stay."

    9th April, 2005

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    Deem says:

    "Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs .."

    26th March, 2005

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    striatic says:

    "her photos make me want to be a skelebot ~ so that she might photograph me backlit.

    her comments make me want to take more photos ~ the kind that might articulate my world as she does her own

    there are many stunning and beautiful images floating about this place, but none with the combination of gentle elegance, technical aptitude and quirky personal charm that pervade vanita's"

    6th March, 2005

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    selva says:

    "Vanita has a perceptive eye and the imagination to use it, with magical results. Each of her photos is a self-contained gem of observation.

    She's the kind of person you'd want to look at your own work, in the hope that she'd see & share something about it with you that you didn't know before!"

    16th February, 2005

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    HyperBob says:

    "You know the bit in "Analyse This" where Robert De Niro looks at Billy Crystal, and sort of cocks his head, and wags his finger and keeps on saying over and over again. "You're good... yes you are... no I mean it seriously... you're good... really good". Well he could be talking about Vanita."

    27th January, 2005

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    jurvetson says:

    "Vanita: no words can do her justice. The black-rimmed portal to nirvana."

    21st January, 2005

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    lunaryuna AGAINST CENSORSHIP says:

    "A temptress of perfectly inscened light and cool colors, she surprises us every day with pictures of unique appeal and beauty which derives from unexpected angles and perspectives and the creation of her very own microcosmos.
    Hers is a daring mind which offers feminine touch to her universe, often morphing everyday objects into enchanted matter for she imprints her beautiful spirit into everything her eye catches and her camera perpetuates. Vanita is definitely a POSITIVE recreation of Pandora's box ;)"

    17th December, 2004

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    sleepinyourhat says:

    "Warm, sweet and full of stories just below the surface. This describes my impression of both the photographer currently known as Vanita and her photos. Definitely worth more than a look."

    14th December, 2004

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    alfarman says:

    "vanita has a truly wonderful eye,her images give life and wonder.but the thing i llke about her,are her words that inspire us all"

    30th November, 2004

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    Nadar says:

    "I said to Vanita: Vanita, every day I look at your photos because they are so beautiful and they bring me inspiration and I would be repetitive if I made a comment for each one of them and because I don't like to be repetitive I don't comment each one I look at because each one of them brings me inspiration... thanks for sharing them with us Vanita!
    oh! I love your self-portrait with glasses too!"

    1st November, 2004

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    katgyrl.com says:

    "it's hard to keep up with all the wonderful photos she posts, and to be smart enough to find the right words to comment on them... most of the time i just have to sit here in silent appreciation of all the beautiful things she reveals to us."

    20th October, 2004

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    Bertrand says:

    "She may change her name once in a while ;) but one thing sure does not change: the quality of her pictures. I had never seen so many pictures moving me and making me smile, laugh or think in a unique place."

    17th October, 2004

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    tamaki says:

    "I love her self-portrait with her glasses on. You can understand she is intelligent, cultured, and kind. (She reminds me of a character in a "Hayao Miyazaki" movie) I believe many people wait for Vanita's comment on one's photo. Of course I wait for her comment, too. Her comment teach me many things. Sometime I can find new thing from my own photo by suggestive words of her comment."

    16th October, 2004

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    txkimmers says:

    "I am so overdue on this testimonial, so I will be brief:
    V is one of the best image makers on flickr, period. And that's saying ALOT."

    7th October, 2004

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    hurleygurley says:

    "She's gorgeous, brilliant, wise, kind and "To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees. ~ Paul Valery" - she lives up to this high task so well. I'm so grateful for her presence here. She is luminiscent."

    21st September, 2004

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    CaptPiper says:

    "I always look forward to her comments and appreciate her insight. She is usually right on the mark and sees things that I have missed. V is a talented, intelligent person!"

    4th September, 2004

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    Nanci says:

    "I don't "know" her, but you can "see" her, in her posts...witty, clever, humorous...what a pleasure to be in this collective of talented people."

    27th August, 2004

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    MaryR says:

    "1000WordsWorth, is a beautiful person inside and out. Interesting, funny, thoughtful, talented. A good wife & mother. I feel honored to have known her."

    24th July, 2004

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