Cyan Banister
CEO, Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Cyan was born into a family of artists and grew up around paint, photography and music. From these beginnings, she developed a life-long appreciation for the arts that eventually inspired the Zivity platform. This platform she created is a new way for artists to profitably connect directly with their fans in the rapidly changing digital media landscape.
Cyan has held many leadership roles throughout her career, from leading technical operations teams in an enterprise software company to helping women master technology as CTO of a nonprofit organization.
Scott Banister
Chairman & Co-Founder
Scott built his career by identifying new markets and shaping innovative products for them. In 1995, he identified search engines as a significant advertising medium and invented the first products to automate marketing across multiple search engines, ultimately creating the bid-for-placement business model used by GoTo/Overture (and now Google AdWords) and serving as VP Ideas at GoTo-incubator Idealab. As an initial investor and Director at PayPal, he was a co-inventor of the ‘email payments’ product now widely used on eBay. In 2000, Scott saw opportunity in the unbounded growth of email traffic, co-founding IronPort Systems and serving as CTO. Now the market leader in anti-spam technology, IronPort was acquired by Cisco Systems for $830 million in 2007.
Pirate Photography
UK Ambassador
Hi, I'm Kitty, also known as Pirate Photography. I'm a photographer based in Norwich in the UK. I've been shooting for about 3 years, mostly focusing on Fetish Fashion, Artistic Nudes and Conceptual Portraiture. I have a day job, but I dedicate all my spare time to shooting for Zivity, because I adore this site. I love cats, Star Trek, Hello Kitty and nights in watching movies and eating pizza. I'm tall, clumsy, and I dye my hair too much. I spend too much time on the computer editing photos while I watch reruns of my favorite TV shows. I live with my partner of 5 years and our kitty Seven of Nine. Yup, I am that nerdy. With my photography I aim to bring out the best side of the beautiful women I am shooting, I love scars and birthmarks, and would never alter a model's figure in Photoshop. I love Country music, Ska and Southern Metal. My favorite place is the forest, especially in the rain. I dream of a road trip around the US in a 1967 black Impala. And I heart Zivity!
Saint
Bay Area, CA Ambassador
As a Zivity model I love having the freedom to pursue my creative passions without limits. I've been modeling about 6 years and have come to love the intensity and beauty of the human figure. I enjoy taking part in Zivity as a mode for cultivating my creative spirit and producing art that honors the everyday beauty of life. Zivity has also become a great place for me to meet other admirers of beauty as well as other artists, whether it be models or photographers, who enjoy expressing themselves through their body and their art.
Modeling began for me as a way to love myself in my most natural state and to express my creativity and inner exhibitionist. It has evolved over the years to loves of different niches of photography from glamour to editorial and even to fetish. I love learning about new styles of photography and trying to stretch myself as a model to create beautiful, new art. The collaborative process between model and photographer has been and continues to be an exhilarating learning experience. As a recently transplanted San Franciscan, I'm newly immersed in a huge creative community. I love taking inspiration from the natural beauty around me as well as the amazingly creative minds in my community. I hope to contribute to the creative atmosphere I've found myself in by continuing to hone my craft and create art that will awe, shock and inspire those around me.
Contact Us
Mailing Address
1829 Market Street Suite 206
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone and Fax
(415) 541-7943
Hours
Our normal business hours are: 12pm - 7 pm EST. Monday - Friday