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About
Based in Germany, The Velvet Cell is an independent photo book publisher run by visual artist Ricardo Nunes. Alongside his work as a publisher, Ricardo teaches photography and design at several institutions, with his own artistic practice deeply rooted in conceptual documentary.
Established by Éanna de Fréine in 2011, the publishing house is primarily focused on themes of urbanization and the human-altered world. The Velvet Cell champions conceptual approaches, topologies, and projects centered around places. Over the past 15 years, it has become known as a trusted source for high-quality photography projects, publishing both up-and-coming talents and established artists like Alejandro Cartagena, Toshio Shibata, and Peter Bialobrzeski. The Velvet Cell prides itself on the care and thoughtfulness poured into every stage of the book-making process, striving to reflect the diversity of visual arts publishing today.
Distribution
Book shops can purchase our books through our world wide operating partner:
Idea Books
Nieuwe Hemweg 14E
1013 BG Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel +31 20 6226154
Fax +31 20 6209299
Submissions
We welcome submissions to The Velvet Cell. Please take the time become familiar with our catalogue to get an idea whether or not your project would be a good fit for us. We are primarily interested in conceptual photographic work that explores, documents, critiques the man-made world in some way.
We accept unsolicited proposals, via email. Please note that while all submissions are carefully reviewed, this is a time-intensive process and unfortunately we are not able to respond to all who submit work. Thank you for your understanding!
Please be aware before submitting work that, chances are financial aid will be needed to make the book a reality. This may in the form of a grant, pre-ordered copies or crowdfunding campaigns. Unfortunately this is the reality of the situation — photobooks are quite expensive to make, and market for them is quite small. This is in no means a reflection of the work itself.
Contact
For direct enquiries please contact us at contact@thevelvetcell.com