Velvet Static

Behind every lens is a truth waiting to be seen.

Vivienne Cross traded her Houston apartment and journalism degree for a backpack and a dream—following The Cure's 1989 Prayer Tour across Europe with nothing but her camera and three months' worth of savings. She tells herself she's chasing the perfect shot. Really, she's running from a life that...

Sometimes the best plans are the ones you never saw coming.

Rachel Rivers had her life perfectly mapped out—until an FBI raid destroyed her Houston marketing career and left her name splashed across international headlines in a fraud scandal she knew nothing about. Stranded in London with no visa, no job, and no way home that doesn’t end in...