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| RICK CASTRO: IN FRONT OF MILDRED PIERCE HOUSE 2019 |
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| RICK CASTRO- SELF PORTRAIT 2014 |
an American Photographer known for his work focusing on fetish and desire.
He was born in Los Angeles in 1958 and began his work as a wardrobe stylist and clothing designer.
His clients over the years included Bette Midler, Tina Turner, Karen Black, David Bowie, Herb Ritts, Joel-Peter Witkin, George Hurrell,
and MIchele Lamy.
Magazines like Interview, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair.
Castro became a freelance photographer at age 29, working for Frontiers, The Advocate and Drummer magazine.
His first solo exhibition was at the original, Different Light Bookstore in Silverlake, CA.
Over the years Rick had numerous national and international exhibitions including
NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Phoenix, Paris, Lille,Tokyo, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Melbourne, Amsterdam, and Milano.
In 1994 his VHS interviews of male street hustlers on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood inspired Bruce LaBruce to produce the film Hustler White, (1996).
The two then collaborated on this project as co-directors/writers. Hustler White was a great success internationally and is listed by the Los Angeles Times top 100 underground films of the 20th century.
Rick also directed a documentary for MTV called, Plushies & Furries, (2001) scoring #2 in the ratings.
Other films include- Automolove, (1991), Fertile LaToyah Jackson video Magazine #1 & 2, (1993,1994) 45 Minutes of Bondage, (1993), Three Faces of Women, (1994), Another 45 Minutes of Bondage,(1996), ANTEBELLUM2013, ANTEBELLUM2014, ANTEBELLUM2015 and ANTEBELLUM2016.
Rick also created a short doco/drama- The Dark Waters of Hotel Cecil, (2017).
Rick has lectured at NYU, UCLA, USBC. 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, and The Erotic Museum, Hollywood.
Rick Castro has created photographic portraits for~
producer Alan Poul, actor Guillermo Diaz, pornstar Peter Berlin, Writer Gore Vidal, director Kenneth Anger, musician Alice Bag, performance artist, Ron Athey, model Tony Ward, and the 14th Dalai Lama.
Rick has created editorial photos for Christian Dior Homme, Cartier jewelry, and Rick Owens.
Castro's photography was included in Rick Owens: Inhuman Subhuman Superhuman- Triennale di Milano- December 2017 thru April, 2018.
Rick was the west coast editor/photographer for Studio Publications- Blue, Black & White, The Masters based in Sydney,Australia from 2000 to 2007. He is currently a contributing photographer & writer for Anotheman Magazine UK, and Homosurrealism Magazine.
Rick Castro’s film Hustler White is archived at UCLA Legacy Projects. Castro's books are archived at LIberia Elinsulto, Mexico City.
His books and photographs are archived by the Alfred Kinsey Institute, Ind, UCLA library, Westwood, Chicago Leather Museum, IL, One Institute, USC, Leslie/Lohman Museum, NYC, and the Tom Of Finland Foundation, Echo Park.
Two books have been published of Rick’s photography, Castro,(1990) published by the Tom of Finland Foundation and 13 Years of Bondage, (2004) Fluixon editions.
From 2005- 2017 Rick founded and ran Antebellum Gallery Hollywood. The first art gallery dedicated exclusively to fetish as art.
Rick recieved the Artist Hall of Fame Award from the Tom of Finland Foundation in 2015.
Rick was one of 11 artists featured in the historic first queer issue of Los Angeles Magazine, June 2019.
Rick hosts weekly tea salons and a monthly book club at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Echo Park; dedicated to the preservation of homoerotic art and literature.
Rick Castro lives and works in East Hollywood, where he daily blogs-
blog
tumblr
EXHIBITIONS- 2020
LA BAS: 120 DAYS OF RICK CASTRO- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 5/16/2020
FERAL- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 2/15/2020
LOVE4LOVE QUEER BIENNIAL- ACE HOTEL, DOWNTOWN, LA- 2/8/2020
ROUND HOLE/SQUARE PEG- LONG HALL, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA- 2/8/2020
PHOTOLA- BARKER HANGER, SANTA MONICA- 1/30/2020
EXHIBITIONS- 2019
EX VOTO: SANTISIMA- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 10/5/2019
TOM OF FINLAND ART FAIR - TOM HOUSE- 10/4/2019
HOMOSURREALISM- TOUCHON & CO. GALLERY, LA- 8/23/2019
INTERIORS CAST: RICK CASTRO/ELLIOT REED- MiM GALLERY- 7/2019
RICK CASTRO: GLORY HOLE- TOMOFFINLANDSTORE- 6/2019- 10/2019
GODDESSES & GODS- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- 6/2019
GLENDALEOUT- ACE/121 GALLERY- GLENDALE- 6/2019
RICK CASTRO: FETISH KING- TOM HOUSE- 4/2019
JOYS OF SIN- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- CHINATOWN, LA- 3/2019
EXHIBITIONS- 2018
RICK OWENS:SUBHUMAN, INHUMAN, SUPERHUMAN- LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO- 1/1/2018
photos- mascular magazine#28
photos- homosurrealism #56
photos- homosurrealism #55
photos & interview- metalmagazine
photos & interview- documentjournal
photos & story- gayletter
photos & interview- meanshappy
photos & interview-gloryhole- anotherman
photos & interview- flaunt
photos & interview- another man
photos & interview- advocate
photos & interview- kaltblut
photos & interview- pnpplzine
photos- terremoto
photos & interview- dazed digital
photos- dazed digital
photos & interview- the advocate
photos & interview- pnpplzine
photos & interview- homosurrealism magazine
photos & interview- balaclava q.
photos & interview with rick owens- glamcult
photos & interview- tom of finland foundation-anotherman
photos & interview with alice bag- another man
photos & interview with ron they- another man
photos & interview with tony ward- another man
photos & interview- Naked But Safe
photos- mascular magazine
photos- the stars of hollywood boulevard- narcissus magazine
photos- post-modern narcissus- narcissus magazine
interview & photos- john coulthart
interview- chaos reigns
interview- the life & death of a streaker- the advocate
vie interview Sex2K-
interview- Accidental Bear
interview- rough trade art fair 2017
interview- intersections: los ángeles
interview- Pink TV Paris
interview- Tony Ward: Ward of the State
Hustler White clip-
Plushies & Furries clip-
The Dark Waters of Hotel Cecil
ANTEBELLUM2013
ANTEBELLUM2014
ANTEBELLUM2015
ANTEBELLUM2016
RICK CASTRO: FETISH KING
ANTEBELLUM SAYS- GO ASK ALICE BAG
ANTBELLUM SAYS- TOM OF FINLAND
ANTEBELLUM SAYS- DARREN ANKENBAUER
ANTEBELLUM SAYS- THE BLACK DAHLIA
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| RICK CASTRO- 21ST CENTURY MAN- 2005 |
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| RICK CASTRO- DIOR HOMME-2003 |
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| RICK CASTRO- FORMAL AFFAIR- 2003 |
RICK CASTRO- WESTERN EXTERMINATOR- 2013 RICK CASTRO- TONY WARD AS A BIKER 1996
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| RICK CASTRO- THE HAPPY ACCIDENT 1997 |
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| RICK CASTRO- THE STARS OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD 2016 |
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| RICK CASTRO- LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG- 2012 |
RICK CASTRO- WRINKLED- 2014 RICK CASTRO- THE SENTINEL- 2014
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| RICK CASTRO-TALK TO ME HAIRY WINSTON- 2012 |
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| RICK CASTRO- HANDCUFFED- 2007 |
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| RICK CASTRO- BULLDOG- 2007 |
RICK CASTRO- MY PRIVATE SALON-2017
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RICK CASTRO- HOMMAGE AU PORTRAIT A PIERRE MOLINIER- 2013
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| RICK CASTRO- PORTRAIT OF GORE VIDAL- 2007 |
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| RICK CASTRO- MY PRIVATE SALON- 2017
CV RICK CASTRO
EDUCATION
ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN
SANTA MONICA CITY COLLEGE
LA TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WARDROBE STYLIST & ASSISTANT- HERB RITTS- 1980- 1991
ART DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT- JOEL-PETER WITKIN- 1985-1990
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER- FRONTIERS MAGAZINE- 1988- 1994
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER- ADVOCATE MAGAZINE- 1989- 1994
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER- DRUMMER MAGAZINE- 1989- 1998
WEST COAST EDITOR- STUDIO MAGAZINE- 2001- 2008
OWNER & FOUNDER- ANTEBELLUM HOLLYWOOD GALLERY- 2005- 2017
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER & WRITER- ANOTHERMAN MAGAZINE- 2019- PRESENT
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- THE DARK WATERS OF HOTEL CECIL 2017
DIRECTOR- WRITER- STILL PHOTOGRAPHY- HUSTLER WHITE- FEATURE FILM- 1996
DIRECTOR WRITER- STILL PHOTOGRAPHY- PLUSHIES & FURRIES- DOCUMENTARY- MTV- 2001
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- 45 MINUTES OF BONDAGE- 1995
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- ANOTHER 45 MINUTES OF BONDAGE- 1995
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- FERTILE LATOYAH JACKSON VIDEO MAGAZINE 1 1993
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- FERTILE LATOYAH JACKSON VIDEO MAGAZINE 2 1994
DIRECTOR-PRODUCER-WRITER- THREE FACES OF WOMEN- 1994
BOOKS
CASTRO- 1991- TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION PUBLISHER
13 YEARS OF BONDAGE- 2004- FLUXION EDITIONS
AWARDS
BEST FILM- HUSTLER WHITE- LILLE FILM FESTIVAL, FRANCE 1996
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD- TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION 2014
SELECT EXHIBITIONS- 2020
LA NOIR- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 4/4- 5/2
FERAL- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 2/15- 3/28
ROUND HOLE/SQUARE PEG- LONG HALL, PLUMMER PARK- W. HOLLYWOOD
PHOTOLA- BARKER HANGER, SANTA MONICA- 1/30- 2/1
SELECT EXHIBITIONS- 2019
EX VOTO: SANTISIMA- LISA DERRICK FINE ART- CHINATOWN, LA- 10/5/2019
TOM OF FINLAND ART FAIR - TOM HOUSE- 10/4/2019
HOMOSURREALISM- TOUCHON & CO. GALLERY, LA- 8/23/2019
INTERIORS CAST: RICK CASTRO/ELLIOT REED- MiM GALLERY, LA- 7/2019
RICK CASTRO: GLORY HOLE- TOMOFFINLANDSTORE- 6/2019- 10/2019
GODDESSES & GODS- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- 6/2019
GLENDALEOUT- ACE/121 GALLERY- GLENDALE- 6/2019
RICK CASTRO: FETISH KING- TOM HOUSE- 4/2019
JOYS OF SIN- LISA DERRICK FINE ARTS- CHINATOWN, LA- 3/2019
SELECT EXHIBITIONS- 2018
RICK OWENS:SUBHUMAN, INHUMAN, SUPERHUMAN- LA TRIENNALE DI MILANO- 1/1/2018
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