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Nailbytes has been around since June 1997. As I look back to those early days and the experiences we had here on the web, I realize today that there were several things that defined us from an early start.
Not only did we update the site frequently, we also had up to date nail links, we had tremendous support from contributions, and it seemed like every day there was something so new and exciting happening. It was an amazing time.
Earlier today on Nailbytes BBS the topic came up regarding one of our earliest contributors - Andres fromm Mexico, and specifically one of his major contributions - Vanessa.
The Vanessa gallery still resides in our archives over at nailbytes.com under the Andres heading, and Andrew from Nailpassion pointed out to us today that those archive pictures are very low quality.
To make a long story short, we have the full set today in full size. Full size from 1997 were 1024 X 768 monstrosities as back then bandwidth was a concern and a picture at that resolution would take several minutes to download. Ah remember the days ....
Here then for the first time is vanessa. Uncompressed, not tinkered with in the least. These are exactly the same files that came out of Andre's digital camera - and he had one of the first in the nail community! The pictures you've seen, but it may be refreshing to see some ancient history replayed here at higher quality.
I said it then, and I'll say it again Andres, you did a great job with this one. Vanessa is some kind of magic. Thanks Andres, wherever you are.
