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A Photo Star Is Born on Flickr, Grows up on liveBooks
Flickr Megastar Natalie Dybisz, aka Miss Aniela, Takes Her Self-Portrait Fine Art Empire to the Next Level With a liveBooks Site
| Source: liveBooks
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) - liveBooks, Inc. (www.livebooks.com), the
leading provider of award-winning websites that allow creative
professionals to promote and manage their businesses online, today
announced the launch of a new liveBooks-powered website for photographic
self-portraitist Natalie Dybisz (www.missaniela.com), the brain and body
behind the Flickr-famed Miss Aniela brand.
Strikingly stunning with an eye for surreal photography and a nose for
business, 23-year-old Dybisz is a worldwide Web sensation who has partnered
with liveBooks to elevate her photography brand -- and her business -- to a
new tier of professionalism and ingenuity.
"I was in search of a new platform and I liked the simplistic, slick and
lightweight feel of liveBooks' sites," said Dybisz. "They satisfied my
identity graphically and, probably most importantly, their editSuite allows
me to easily update my site whenever I want. I also like how the company is
so tapped into the photo community -- I really get the sense that they know
what photographers need and want."
Since launching her original website in 2007, the Miss Aniela brand has
attracted approximately 2,000 visitors per day. It is evident that Dybisz
has a strong online following, but just how she became a prominent online
figure -- and a self-portrait photographer -- is an interesting tale.
Boredom, a compact camera with a 10-second timer and a shortage of friends
to pose for photos, led then 21-year-old Dybisz to star in her own
self-portraits. After a few photo shoots, she began sharing her photos with
the Flickr community under the profile name "Miss Aniela."
"I was self-taught, but the Flickr community took a liking to me and
encouraged me to continue to share my work," Dybisz said. "I did just that,
and before I knew it, I had interest from a local gallery who wanted to
feature my photos."
In the first six months of being on Flickr, her profile received more than
one million views. Soon after, her Flickr popularity landed her on the
cover of American Photo magazine. Today, she has expanded beyond the
Flickrverse to become a bustling entrepreneur. Miss Aniela is now the brand
behind several international exhibitions, frequent speaking engagements
with prominent names like Microsoft, and interest from book publishers and
documentary producers.
With an escalating number of business endeavors, Dybisz can better
streamline business operations and market her brand with the functionality
of her liveBooks-powered website, allowing her to continue building the
pervasive Miss Aniela brand -- a brand distilled by her creative persona,
nurtured by social media and powered by technology.
To view her new website, visit www.missaniela.com. For more information
about liveBooks, visit www.liveBooks.com.
About liveBooks
liveBooks, Inc. provides award-winning websites that serve as a business
hub to help professionals in creative industries like photography, graphic
design and interior design save time, promote their businesses and make
more money. The company works with an extensive ecosystem of advisors,
partners and consultants to deliver unrivalled products, services, partner
applications and customer experiences through the powerful combination of
small-business acumen, award-winning designs, a scalable platform and
extensible architecture. liveBooks is committed to customer success through
design leadership, business integrity and its belief in the power of image
and creativity to enable social change.