Rick Castro was the designer for Michele Lamy's first menswear collection- Lamy Men,.
13 Facts About Rick Castro
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In 1988, at the age of 30, Rick Castro became a freelance photographer, and his work appeared in the Los Angeles gay news magazines Frontiers, Drummer and the national gay news magazine, The Advocate.
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Rick Castro collaborated on the film as writer and co-director with LaBruce, which became an international sensation.
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Rick Castro has directed a number of other short films and a documentary.
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Rick Castro has lived in Los Angeles his entire life.
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Rick Castro was the West coast correspondent for the Australia-based Studio Magazines, publisher of the nude male art photography magazine Blue 2001 thru 2007.
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Rick Castro then founded and ran Antebellum Gallery, the only fetish art gallery in America, and perhaps the world- November 11,2005 thru January 1,2017.
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Rick Castro has received a grant from Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles for a virtual project entitled Reimagine Home~ 2020.
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Rick Castro is contributing photographer and writer for AnOther and Anotherman Magazines UK.
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Rick Castro himself says his work is highly time-bound, linked to the 1980s and early 1990s:.
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Rick Castro's photography stands in the quasi-religious tradition of most BDSM photography.
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The art historian and critic Edward Lucie-Smith has pointed out that Rick Castro's work is deeply rooted in religious art, especially Catholic art of the Baroque period.
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Rick Castro's images have power because they are those of the true fetishist.