Rick Castro S/M BLVD Book talk and signing
Rick Castro
S/M BLVD Book talk and signing.
Saturday, September 14. 5PM
Kasuri / The Back Room
1 Warren Street. Hudson, NY.
“Between 1986 and 1999, the photographer Rick Castro created an archive of portraits using the street hustlers of Santa Monica Boulevard as subjects. Save for individuals he met while traveling in Europe, nearly all of the subjects in this collection were found on a 20-block stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard loosely boundaried by Van Ness Avenue on the east and La Brea Avenue on the west.. Some collaborated with Castro on elaborate bondage scenes. Many he knew just long enough to snap a few frames before they disappeared forever.
S/M BLVD collects 33 images with a foreword by Sam Sweet and a map of central Hollywood. A long-form interview between Castro and Sweet traces the backstories behind each figure. The faces in this book represent the final years of the outdoor tradition, before redevelopment and internet commerce changed the boulevard forever. Together, they form an intimate survey of a Los Angeles subculture widely assumed but scarcely documented.“
Rick Castro will be joining us in person for our first event in the new Kasuri space, speaking with Nathan Rapport about his new book, S/M BLVD. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing in the Back Room bookstore.
Date
- Sep 14 2024
- Expired!
Time
- 5:00 pm
Location
- 1 Warren Street, Hudson, NY
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Website
https://www.kasuri.com/pages/events -
(enter through Prison Alley)
Organizer
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Kasuri x Dream Brother Gallery
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Phone
2482503601 -
Email
Nathanrapport@gmail.com -
Website
Kasuri
