7/14/18

CELEBRATE RICK CASTRO'S 60TH BDAY TEA SALON!- JULY 18TH- RESERVE NOW

 PRESENTS  

   RICK CASTRO
 BIRTHDAY TEA SALON  

 JULY 18TH 
     5PM 
     (SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM)

         $10-PREPAID RESEVATIONS 
  $15 DAY OF THE SALON   

         ~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 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.