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All the shots here were taken with film cameras unless otherwise stated. Basically, a bunch of nikons and older nikkormats and the like, as well as a funky Soviet 6X6 medium format and a home-made medium format pinhole camera. Everything is scanned, photoshoped (the scanning takes away from the original properties of the picture) and uploaded.
About me? Nothing much. I am a New Yorker working abroad (mostly the middle east) trying to figure it all out. If you read a good book lately or if you heard some good music recently and think I haven't heard about it- let me know as well.
If you have discovered the cure for the blues... well send that over as well.
velvetart's favorite photos from other Flickr members (81)
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- Rabbis 158 photos, 47 members
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- Decisive Moment 71,839 photos, 16,800 members
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- Hip Hop Diaspora 554 photos, 104 members
- Stop the WAR CRIMES in Lebanon and the OPTs 1,513 photos, 253 members
- Montreal 84,095 photos, 3,885 members
- Candles Lighting /Luz de Velas 1,893 photos, 961 members
- Medium Format 523,819 photos, 20,372 members
- Life in the middle of Asia(East) and America(West) 126 photos, 17 members
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- Nikon 113,640 photos, 2,502 members
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- Catalunya, next state in Europe 50,710 photos, 1,427 members
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Testimonials (2)
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Irene Rx (aka Kittenclaw) says:
"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."
27th April, 2006
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Terri Lynn says:
"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!"
1st September, 2005