12/4/21

RICK CASTRO: AFTER OCTAVE MIRBEAU

Inspired by the fetish classic novel by

 Octave Mirbeau in 1899,  

Torture Garden by Rick Castro  

 features selected fetishized & homoerotic photographs from Rick’s extensive archives ~

1986 thru 2021~  


  "~Ah, yes! the Torture Garden!  

 Passions, appetites,  love, glory, heroism, hedonism & ritual: these are its exotic flowers 

and its instruments of eternal human lust.  

What I present is no more than a symbol to me of the entire earth. I have vainly sought a respite in quietude and repose in my urban garden, 

and I can find them nowhere. ~"  

Rick Castro: After Octave Mirbeau 12/2021