Ricky Castillo’s custom electric guitar among studio instruments

Portraits · Performance · Practice

Photos &
moments.

A visual look at the artist, the instruments, and the musical relationships behind Ricky Castillo’s work.

The artist in photographs

A music made of people, places, and detail.

Portraits and moments of performance offer another way into the work: the touch of a guitar, the focus of a player, and the collaborators who bring a song to life.

Selected photographs

Through the lens.

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Ricky Castillo performing on electric guitar in a black-and-white live photograph — 01 · The stageIn performance
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Ricky Castillo with his custom electric guitar in a color artist portrait — 02 · Artist portraitThe guitarist
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Ricky Castillo’s custom electric guitar and other guitars in the studio — 03 · In the studioThe instruments
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Ricky Castillo and vocalist Mayda Cuellar together in New York City — 04 · New York · with Mayda CuellarA shared sound
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Ricky Castillo exploring guitar sounds with a bow in a black-and-white portrait — 05 · Sound and improvisationIn exploration
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Ricky Castillo holding his electric guitar in a black-and-white artist portrait — 06 · Artist portraitBetween songs
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Photos &moments.

A music made of people, places, and detail.

Through the lens.

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Photos &
moments.

Hear the music
behind the image.