1. What do you do for Venice Paparazzi: Co-founder, Chief Creative Director & photographer for Venice Paparazzi 2. Number of years in Venice: 13 years 3. Where are you from originally: Canada 4. Business(es) owned: Venice Paparazzi and Kettlebell Boxing 5. Describe yourself: Motivated, thankful, positive and hardworking. Family and health is important to me. 6. Favorite activities?  Boxing, running and playing ball with my dog Smithers. 7. What organizations do you support? I support any organizations that protects the environment,...more

1. What do you do for Venice Paparazzi: Co-founder, Chief Editor and Executive Producer 2 Occupation or Business (es) owned: I am the head coach of Kettlebell Boxing.  Also, I play bass guitar and do lead vocals in a thrash metal band and I produce metal concerts. 3.What do you do outside of work? Life is work 4. Favorite activities? Playing shows and sparring. 5. What organizations do you support? Anything with human rights and environmental concerns. 6.Who inspires...more

1. Number of years living in Venice? 10 2. Where are you from originally? Palm Harbor, Florida 3. How are you involved in Venice Paparazzi? Contributing photograher 4. What do you do outside of Venice Paparazzi? Digital Artist, Web Designer, Photographer, Visual Artist 5. What organizations or causes do you support? Animal rescue, Animal Avengers 6. How do you stay motivated?  What' keeps you going? Keeping things fun, pride in your work and plain discipline 7. Who inspires you? Steve Jobs, John...more

  Name: Vanessa Sick What do you do for Venice Paparazzi: Contributing photographer\Assistant. Where are you from originally: The land of ice & snow.  Western, NY. Describe yourself: I’ve got a very wondrous & curious mind. I constantly find myself thinking about the “big picture” in life. I’m independent, intuitive, positive and open minded. What do you do outside of work? You said it - outside! I love the outdoors & enjoying Mother Nature.  I try to...more

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