I feel so fortunate to have discovered Velvetart's photographs. Sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful, but mostly somewhere richly in-between, they are documents of a land and people that need to be seen...Seen in the way that Velvetart captures them - candidly, vividly, and aesthetically; never losing sight of reality… Read more

I feel so fortunate to have discovered Velvetart's photographs. Sometimes brutal, sometimes beautiful, but mostly somewhere richly in-between, they are documents of a land and people that need to be seen...Seen in the way that Velvetart captures them - candidly, vividly, and aesthetically; never losing sight of reality and all its inherent complexities.

Velvetart takes his viewers beyond the headlines and shows them the real people, who are used as media and political pawns. He puts flesh and blood on these pawns and does so with a nonjudgmental grace that allows us to be touched in the core of our emotions, as we step into their shoes. His images elicit compassion an… Read more

Velvetart takes his viewers beyond the headlines and shows them the real people, who are used as media and political pawns. He puts flesh and blood on these pawns and does so with a nonjudgmental grace that allows us to be touched in the core of our emotions, as we step into their shoes. His images elicit compassion and that is a wonderful gift to possess and share!