Wendy started taking pictures about the time she had the training wheels taken off her bike.

She has hit the dirt and asphalt several times face first on her bike, but thankfully was more successful with her camera.

By eleven she was going on safaris with her mom and having to be pulled back into the mini van when a lion was passing beneath her.

You never saw her hand without a camera in it. Her early Yashica was replaced by a Contax and her Zeiss 20mm became an extension of her hand. Now there is a “kick around” Leica rangefinder in the mix.

She has a BFA in photography and a BA in English with a minor in creative writing from NYU. She’s traveled the world as a documentary photographer.

At the age of 21, she had her first solo NYC photo exhibit at the Fourth St Photo Gallery highlighting the Mali, West Africa Series. She was a music photographer as well; her last music job was a billboard of Megadeth in Times Square. Her work is in the Shambourg collection among others.

She branched out from photography and wrote/produced and directed a couple of TV pilots (Dead Air & Jihad Joe), and some music videos. She was paid in wrinkled 20s that were delivered in a brown bag for a hip hop video she directed/produced; she is certain that was not drug money.

She is a serial entrepreneur, an artist and a workaholic. She has a penchant for being in ahead of the market with a new idea.

At the age 23, she incorporated her first company: joe’s production & grille, inc. With zero in start-up capital, joe’s grossed almost $500k in sales during its first year.

She was a pioneer in the music/internet space, creating the first online independent CD store, joesgrille.com, in 1995. She spent a year talking on music industry panels all over the country, her platform being that this “internet thing” was viable and here to stay. She was Don Quioxte, trying to change the music industry for independent artists. joe’s blue plate special, which went on to be the most syndicated show in college radio, was part of that fight.

She has won over a dozen awards for both her music video and commercial work. MTV named her their “cool list” filmmaker and made a commercial about her.

She also plays poker–she is better than most, but not as good as some.

Currently, you can find her working in a flapper dress at her 1920s Speakeasy Casino Event Venue, Big Deal.

She lives so much in the past, that she is creating it. Keep your eyes peeled for a 1920s NYC Speakeasy Immersive Experience, coming in 2027.