John Veltri

John Veltri is a photographer who was born in 1938 in California. He also illustrated several books written by photographer Andreas Feininger.

By the mid-1970s he had returned to California where he has since devoted himself to cinema, making documentaries dealing with native cultures, and social and community issues.

Veltri is the photographer for several publications, including Statue of Liberty (Doubleday 1971), The Parthenon (Newsweek 1973), Architectural Photography (AMPHOTO 1974) and The Greeks (Doubleday 1984).

Veltri is also noted for his underwater photography from his work as staff photographer on an archeological expedition that uncovered the oldest shipwreck, the Kyrenia ship, off the north coast of Cyprus.

His recent documentary films in-production include "Seasons of the Soul", about American architect John M. Johansen, and "Walking Backwards into the Future", about Native American Karuk Elder, Charles Thom Sr.

Veltri's photographs can be found in the collections of the MoMA, the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the library of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and other private collections.