Adventurer of the spirit, artist, photographer and student of psychotherapy..
Lover of nature and thunderstorms, people and animals, films, books, yoga, dance and pilates; vivid colors and contrasts, myths, dreams, and all types of travel.


Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere (Carl Sagan).
My work has been featured in OUT OF THE PAST – August 2009, and GLOBES, SPHERES & CURVES – November 2009


assya is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), Abstracts from Nature, All the Colors of the Rainbow, Altered by Design, Art in Math, B&W - Character - People Shots, Bird's Eye View, Bodyscapes, Ebony and Ivory, Gateways, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, in-between, Kairos, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Mandala, Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Out of the Past, Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY, Photographers self portrait, Portraits in Natural Light, SEA, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Streetscapes, Strictly Human Faces , Sunrise, Sunset, The Eyes Have It and Vibrant and Vivid Color.