Dyle Warren

I was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grew up in South Florida and am now growing old in North Texas. In Florida I worked as a hairdresser during the ’60’s when teased hair, Sassoon Haircuts and Jheri Redding’s Amino Pon Shampoo were the rage. In 1966 I left Florida to take an advanced hairstyling course under Leon Amendola in New York City. It was my first time in the Big Apple and as soon as I landed at Kennedy International Airport it was “culture shock.” I think it was then that I realized my love for travel.

I always enjoyed taking pictures but wanted to get better at it. Soon after my children were born I wanted more than anything to take fabulous close-ups of them…the kind I was seeing in magazines. I was in my early thirties before I had my first 35mm camera and finally could get some real practice.

As a divorced mother of two, my career path took me into a completely different direction. I moved to Texas and spent most of my life working in the computer industry for Texas Instruments. In my lifetime I’ve worked as a nurse’s aide, hairdresser, keypunch operator for Palm Beach County, Florida, JCPenny, and six years working at Experian Credit Bureau in Profile Maintenance.

I often shared my family and vacation photos with the people at work and surprisingly they never seemed bored. Either they were being extremely polite or truly loved looking at them. My first “paid” job was when a co-worker wanted me to photograph her wedding. It wasn’t until I retired from TI that I decided to take this art form seriously and with the prompting of family and friends I decided to start a small business. This “business” amounted to no more than a registered name, a vehicle advertisement and a couple hundred business cards. I was working exclusively “on location” and after a short time through word-of-mouth, etc. I had enough customers keeping me busy.

For almost two years now I’ve been absent from redbubble following the death of my son and my mother four months later. I lost interest in my business and many other things in general having more bad days than good ones. I am trying to focus on things that I enjoyed previously with the hope it will get easier.

I have so much catching up to do it seems like an impossibie task. I’ve missed my friends here at RB and hope you will forgive me for not being around to enjoy all of your beautiful work.

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