Luis Pedro de Castro was born in Guimarães, Portugal in 1981. He studied product design in Viana do Castelo and soon discovered his passion for photography as a communication device outweighed any interest in filling the world with more fancy chairs.
While studying photography in Barcelona, he dedicated himself to the portrayal of gender fluid interpretations in post porn theory and performance. He began manipulating his photographs using digital software to achieve an aesthetic inspired by Renaissance painting and as a way to create visual consistency from photos taken with multiple cameras that he borrows from friends.
“In life when we look at sexuality as a dirty deviant behavior, it’s a reflection on our own cultural and emotional barriers.
As we keep growing and evolving we realize those constructs are flawed and preconceived. It’s an opportunity that allows us to enhance our lives with more than carnal delight, and transcend from pornography to the divine .
From a distance, SEX is just another word for Spirituality.
Most of my pictures are a combination of sexuality and raw colors mixed with a total lack of respect for photography rules, meaning that the pictures I take correspond to an intimate, chaotic, and in my perspective, more natural look at individuals. All pictures are made with people who have an active part in my life(friends), whom I thank for opening up the window of their private life and allow me recreate a prejudice free perspective on real life.
Luis Pedro de Castro Aka Strangelfreak
“En la vida cuando miramos a la sexualidad como un comportamiento sucio y desviante, es un reflejo sobre nuestras propias barreras culturales y emocionales.
A la medida que crecemos y evoluimos nos enteramos que esas construcciones contienen fallas y prejuicios. Es una oportunidad que nos permite añadir a nuestra vida algo más que placer carnal, y transcender de pornográfico a divino.
Desde la distancia, SEXO es solo otra palabra para Espiritualidad.
La mayoría de mis cuadros son una combinación de sexualidad y colores crudos mezclado con una falta total de respeto por las reglas de fotografía, lo que significa que las fotos corresponden a una mirada íntima y caótica y, en mi perspectiva, más natural a los individuos. todas las fotos se hacen con las personas que tienen un papel activo en mi vida (amigos), a quien agradezco por compartir su vida privada y me permitieren recrear una perspectiva libre de prejuicios en la vida real.”
Luis Pedro de Castro Aka Strangelfreak
