Originally from Los Angeles, Erik Castro began his career as a photographer freelancing
in Seattle during the late 1990s working for publications such as The Seattle Weekly and Washington Law & Politics.

Castro returned to college in 2001 completing internships at both the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times and the Orlando Sentinel before earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism
with high honors at The University of Texas at Austin.

In 2005, Castro received a Hearst Award for his photo essay on a prison rehabilitation
program and in November 2009 won a National Press Photographers Association award
for his multimedia piece on a blind violinist.

Erik Castro is currently based in Santa Rosa, California.

Contact  |  castro.erik@gmail.com  |  707 508 8743