PRESENTS
RICK CASTRO
BIRTHDAY TEA SALON
JULY 18TH
5PM
(SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM)
$10-PREPAID RESEVATIONS
$15 DAY OF THE SALON
PREPAY- antebellum@earthlink.net
~ENJOY~
HAND-BLENDED TEA
CAKES & DAINTIES
VIEW EROTIC ART
ENGAGING JOVIAL CHATS
RELAX & HAVE A NICE CUPPA
PAY YOU RESPECTS TO RICK AS A SENIOR CITIZEN
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
DRAWING- VAN JAZMIN
TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE
1421 LAVETA TERRACE
ECHO PARK, CA 90026
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(JULY 20TH, 1958)
a photographer, filmmaker, curator, writer, and blogger
living in Los Angeles his entire life.
Rick co-directed and wrote the cult-classic film Hustler White (1996)
and directed & co-produced the documentary Plushies & Furries (2001) for MTV.
He has two books of his photography "Castro" (1990)
and "13 Years of Bondage" (2004).
Rick has created photographic portraits for producer Alan Poul,
porn star Peter Berlin, writer Gore Vidal, director Kenneth Anger,
and the 14th Dalai Lama. Rick has created editorial photos for Christian Dior Homme, Cartier jewelry, and shoots on a regular basis for Rick Owens.
Rick's photography was featured at Rick Owens:Subhuman, Inhuman,Superhuman at the Triennale Di Milano- Dec 2017- March 2018.
Rick's photography was featured at Rick Owens:Subhuman, Inhuman,Superhuman at the Triennale Di Milano- Dec 2017- March 2018.
Rick’s work is archived at the Alfred Kinsey Institute,(Bloomington, IN)
the Leather Museum, (Chicago, IL), Leslie-Lohman Museum, NYC,
and the Tom of Finland Foundation, (Echo Park , CA).
His films are archived at the Legacy Project, (UCLA, Westwood, CA).
Now that Rick has hit the big 6-0, he's decided he can live thru anything
and will now take life by the balls.
