Photographic Career
In 1986, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin bought him his first automatic camera. In 1988, at the age of 30, Castro became a freelance photographer, and his work appeared in the Los Angeles gay news magazine 'Frontiers' and the national gay news magazine 'The Advocate.'
His first solo exhibit, 'Nothing But A Man, Everything But A Woman,' debuted in 1989 at A Different Light Bookstore in Silver Lake, a suburb of Los Angeles. It was followed a year later by 'Mass Murder & A Cute Boy' at the same location.
Throughout the years, Castro has had a number of exhibits, including 'Furotica: It Ain't Exactly Bambi' at the Track 16 gallery in Los Angeles, 2004.
Castro's work is collected by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction.
His 1994 short film of hustler interviews inspired Bruce LaBruce to film 'Hustler White' with Tony Ward. Castro collaborated on the film with LaBruce, which became an international sensation. Castro has directed a number of other short films and a documentary.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he is the L.A. correspondent for the Australia-based Studio Magazines, publisher of the nude male art photography magazine 'Blue.'
Since November, 2005, Castro owns and runs Antebellum Gallery, the only fetish art gallery in America, and perhaps the world. www.antebellum.us.ms
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