By Chloe Morgan
Shot on location in Atlanta, Georgia | Photography by Callum Rourke
When Vivienne Bellamy began writing Letters from the Velvet Prison, she didn’t just write her protagonist—she became her.
In a writing ritual equal parts theater and obsession, Vivienne mailed herself velvet-wrapped letters—sealed without a return address, penned in crimson ink, and laced with poetic fragments. “Desire,” she told us, “deserves a delivery system.”
Captured on location in Atlanta, Georgia by Pulitzer-winning photographer Callum Rourke, this exclusive shoot offers a glimpse into Vivienne’s shadowy, intoxicating process. From Rhodes Hall’s velvet-draped study to the wrought iron gates of a secret garden at twilight, every frame whispers like a confession unsent.
In Vivienne’s world, nothing is ever just a letter. It’s a lure. A longing. A key to something forbidden.
As she tells it:
“I needed each chapter to feel like a caress, or a confession slid beneath a locked door at midnight.”
Her character Emilia may be a heroine or an unreliable narrator—or both—but Vivienne? She’s the real thing. Writer, performer, and provocateur.
Peek behind the curtain. Read the letters. Feel the unraveling.
📬 What’s Your Ritual?
Would you send yourself a secret?
Tag a friend who writes like it’s a seduction. Or better yet—write them a letter they’re not meant to open.
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