Brisbane, Gold Coast, sunshine coast and toowoomba.
Dr Jason Castro is a beauty, fashion and portraiture photographer Based in south east Queensland Australia.
He specialises in instant photography, both Polaroid and Fuji Instax, as well as vintage CCD digital.
Instant film and vintage digital creates a unique look in an image saturated landscape, with CONNOTATIONs of Good times, NOSTALGIA, memory and AUTHENTICITY.
Instant film and vintage digital ARE in stark contrast to the sterile AND INAUTHENTIC ARTIFICIAL ai aesthetic of contemporary media.
Coming from A fINE ART background, he brings an ARTISTIC EDGE TO HIS OFTEN PAINTERLY BEAUTY, FASHION AND PORTRAITURE WORK.
wITH A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF FINE ART hISTORY, HE HAS A PhD in art and philosophy from the University of Southern Queensland, a Master’s degree in fine art from Griffith University and a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Media from the University of California (San Diego). He has taught art and photography at both at the University of Southern Queensland and Queensland College of the Arts Griffith University.