User:Tuta Veloso

Tuta Veloso was born in May 1969, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Since childhood Tuta has connected with arts reciting poetry in first grade and acting in children’s theater and teaching Lambada dance in his teens around his hometown. At age of 18, he moved to the capital city of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, to study art restoration. To pay for his studies he worked with fashion designers where he helped photographers create catalogs for the fashion industry.His own awakening as a photographer was in august of 2001 after moving to the United States and shooting the twin towers in NYC. That photo was the beginning of his passion. Influenced by such artists as Sebastião Salgado, Marcos Prado, William Wegman, and Salvador Dali, Tuta has continued to hone his craft and has being shown his art work at many places around south florida. In 2009 he won the Peoples Choice Award at last year’s United & Proud art exhibition for his photograph "Muscle Toy". Also, recently he won the People's Choice award at the Artexplosion'10 for his photography "Abortion".and The first prize of Urban Realisn at Dennis Dean Galleries photo contest for his photography "Best Coffee" Tuta, has a eclectic collection of photographs of plants,  animals, man, and buildings.