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 completed 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 2006.

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. In 2009, Castro's Obama election coverage
was part of The New York Times online photo collection Documenting the Decade.

Erik Castro is based in Santa Rosa, California.

Contact  |  castro.erik@gmail.com  |  707.508.8743

Clients:
San Francisco Chronicle
The Press Democrat
Savor Wine Country Magazine
Santa Rosa Magazine
The Patriot-News
Seattle Weekly
Washington Law & Politics
Latino Northwest Magazine
Planned Parenthood