Bonnie Ruth Edward Anderson:  

FATEFUL DAY I was born in NJ on Feb. 2, 1942 can't remember a thing about the birthing. My parents (Ed & Mickey) named me Ruth and then called me Bonnie. Bonnie is probably the name you'll remember me by. After attending Pitman High I moved to Phila. and lost contact with all my HS friends. I lived there 2-3 yrs. While there I took art classes at the Penn. Academy of Fine Arts & the Museum School of Art. While in living in Phila., I met my future partner/husband Adel Mahran who lived in New York City. Eventually I moved to NYC so we could be together all the time. Our relationship was very exciting for me because I lived in the most wonderful city in the US.....New York, New York. Adel came from Alexandria, Egypt where he had lived a privileged life since his father owned all the Trucking in Egypt plus other businesses. Adel was a Doctor of Psychology and established the APA Division on Hypnosis. We had a box at the Metropolitan Opera House because we both loved Opera, also attended the New York City Opera. Since he played violin we attended all the Classical Music Concerts. We belonged to all the Museums & attended their parties. So here I was this young woman living a whirlwind life in "The City". We bought a getaway home in the Adirondack Mountains on a small lake with 43 acres of woods. We had Whitetail Deer, Black Bears, Snowshoe Rabbits, Red Fox, Bobcats, Red Squirrels and of course the delightful little Chipmunks on the land. I took up the art of snowshoes so I could walk into the woods on snowy winter days. We had a hugh garden in the front of the house were we grow veggies in the short summer. I developed a love of traveling while with Adel because we were always hopping over to the Caribbean for a long weekend and to Europe for longer vacations. After 20 years together we split up. I was working at Citicorp as an AVP doing a lot of development and writing. I developed a program to retrain employees whose jobs had gone away so we could place them in another part of the Bank. I also wrote a book on how Money Flows Throw The Bank that became required reading for all new Officers. I had a long & rewarding career with Citibank. I left the bank because 9 different doctors I was seeing took me out for health reasons. They could not diagnose exactly what was wrong with me but know the stress in my job was harmful. It wasn't until over 20 years later that a doctor here in California thought I had MS and the tests showed that I did. After my divorce I moved to East End Avenue, the Mayor's Mansion was right down the street & there was a wonderful park. I owned a small Studio Apt. for me and my Russian Blue Cat, Kisa. We decorated everything exactly the way we wanted it....very modern. I settled into a great life and started taking photos of everything and developing my own special style. I volunteered at the New York City Opera and was one of Beverly's Girls, I got to see the Opera for free because I worked before the Opera & during all the intermissions...it was great. I met my second husband at a bus stop in NYC. Bruce is a photographer & that's what brought us together. We lived together for about 6 yrs before getting married. We established Esbin-Anderson Photography which became quite successful. We did Individual & Corporate Photography work. A large part of our business was Stock Photography & we were represented by 8 different Stock Photo Agents around the world. They would market our work worldwide and when an image sold we'd get a large percentage of the money. We traveled extensively in Europe to get the right stock photos for Travel books and ads. It was a wonderful & fun job & I loved owning my own business. Unfortunately our personal relationship interfered with our business so I divorced him in 2007. MY ART In 2000 I decided to start concentrating on what I really love, painting and sculpting. So I started to take a less active role in the photo business. I have never been so happy in my life as when I'm holding a brush to canvas or have my hands buried in clay. Now I have my own art business, ...Expand for more