NEWS
02.10.12
Shooting SUNO FW12 runway lookbook today. My assistants will be on backstage and video. Official lookbook images will drop as soon as tomorrow, stay tuned!
02.09.12
Day off! Gonna run to Gen Art this eve to support my sisters, William Okpo.
02.08.12
2 shoots today! Kicking this morning off with a fashion video for David Peck. Second half of the day will be spent with Jason Mora, creative director of Tsubo.
02.07.12
Day 2 with Timo Weiland. Gonna be in their studio today and at their showroom for casting!
02.06.12
Day 1 of shooting a video campaign for Tsubo Footwear's collaboration with one of my favorite designers, Timo Weiland. Leggo!!
02.05.12
Shot David Peck FW12 Lookbook today at the beautiful Crosby Hotel. So much fun to work with the DP gang always!
02.04.12
Shot Daniella Kallmeyer FW12 Lookbook today. Very proud of Producing and Art Directing this project. The collection is beautiful. Can't wait to post the photos.
01.30.12
Check out these great photos from the giant photo show, HOUR HANDS, in Vancouver! We packed the house!
01.26.12
My new photo column, CELL OUT!, was launched today thanks to the following talented contributors: Kathy Lo, Nicole Saldana, Michael Muehlhausen, Courtney Malick, Lauren Devine, Zachary Ching, Sunny Shokrae, Eva Tuerbl, John McSwain, Frankie Delesio, & Erin Green.
Check out their January celly pix here!
01.19.12
Shooting 3 pages for NYLON today!
01.18.12
Hosting a party tonight at Le Bain for my girls Nelleke & JR. Special Guest, DJ Musa will be there! 10PM til wheneva!
01.12.12
Hey Vancouver! Don't miss this massive photo show!
RVCA presents:
HOUR HANDS
a Color Magazine group photography exhibition
curated by Gordon Nicholas and Brayden Olson
Opening Reception:
Thursday, January 19 (6-11pm)
music by Hana Pesut
01.12.12
Sick shoot at Complex Mag today. We finished with a trip to Chipotle. And then a spree at Home Depot! #NotMad
01.10.12
Really fun shoot at the studio today for Nylon Guys. Find it on stands in February. As always, I'll keep you posted! xx
12.15.11
Shootting the Matt Bernson Fall13 lookbook at my studio today & tomorrow.
12.14.11
The fashion video I directed and produced for Timo Weiland x Tsubo shoes is now live on Tsubo's website! Check it out here, click PLAY on the right side of the screen.
12.04.11
Grab the January issue of NYLON Guys and check out my shoot with Wale!
12.02.11
Just wrapped a lovely week with SUNO. This time we took the shoot to my studio. Very excited for this new round of photo and video to post.
11.18.11
Speaking about my work at James Woodward's digital photography class at NYU today!
11.08.11
Awesome shoot at Complex today. Got to play hoops in Marc Ecko's office with the homie Salieu @ RED.
11.05.11
See album art for Mike Q's new EP on Fade To Mind (collabo between me and Kingdom) here.
11.02.11
Editorial on Yonas Michael, styled by Jasmine Benjamin, live on the site now. See it here.
10.26.11
Rapper Wale is in the building today! #3XTELLE STUDIO
10.20.11
Happy to be shooting and consulting with MF Jewelry. Check out the Ball Ring by MF (SS12) all over Rihanna's new video, "We Found Love"!
10.18.11
Posted some favorites from the CrOp by David Peck SS12 lookbook shoot, with my favorite girl, Sydney @ Supreme. See them here.
09.30.11
Just saw the final cut to my latest video project, which I directed and produced. Very excited for everyone to see it! :)
09.28.11
Daniella Kallmeyer SS12 campaignl now on my website, see it here. Big huge Special Thanks goes to John Todd!
09.27.11
My Spring 2010 interview with newly launched WDRKMR.US is up online now. Read it here.
09.25.11
Just produced and shot editorial for Daniella Kallmeyer SS12. Our model DJ Nelleke worked it out!
09.21.11
Just got back from the most amazing post-fashion week trip to Miami. It was the most beautiful & hilarious 3 days of my entire summer. Gonna have to make it a yearly thing with the Miami crew.
09.11.11
Directing a fashion video and shooting runway at the Timo Weiland show for his collaboration with Tsubo shoes. Should be a riot aka really stressful! After this, I'll be able to sleep.. -_-
09.10.11
Shooting backstage today for my girl, Gerlan. Can't wait to see what she's got brewing this time around.
09.09.11
Shooting SUNO's first runway show today! Very excited to support my CFDA nominated friends!
09.06.11
I was in California during my group show, Snack The Planet, at the Museum of Arts and Design NY. I'm glad Opening Ceremony was able to go and take pics! Check out the feature here.
09.05.11
Shot CrOp by David Peck SS12 lookbook today at the Crosby Street Hotel. Amazing team, excellent model, couldn't be happier with the day.
09.02.11
Showing a new light box installation at the Museum of Arts and Design today. It is part of a group exhibition & event curated by Lauren Devine and Patrik Sandberg called, SNACK THE PLANET.
08.18.11
New unreleased work from 2010, ME ON YOU Study no. 1, published on DIS Magazine today.
08.14.11
Refinery29 featured me today for their month of hair countdown. Shout out photographer Dan McMahon for not making me look like a fool! :)
08.12.11
Will be back in San Francisco August 23rd!
07.12.11
I started a tumblr! Go to http://xxxtelle.tumblr.com/ to see daily photo logs of people and things I enjoy.
06.30.11
Live on the FADER today, my Styled By feature on Christian Winjants. You can see the story and behind the scenes footage on the FADER here and of course, peep the full run on my website here!
06.29.11
Got some incredibly generous responses for my new film, BO. Thank you to Opening Ceremony and Portable for your sweet shout outs!
Opening Ceremony - "BO: a New Film by Christelle de Castro" June 28, 2011
Portable.tv - "The Charming Face of Bo" June 29, 2011
06.26.11
Just closed DIS Magazine's Tweenage Issue with my new film, BO. View it in the video section here. Special thanks to DJ Lindsey, DJ Myles, The Harper Family, The Caldwell Family, Katerina Llanes.
06.16.11
Sorry I haven't updated this in so long! Please check out the films I worked on with Richard Phillips for the Venice Biennale!
05.22.11
Just got back to NY after 3 weeks of being away. It's been a very busy month -starting off with a huge project for Richard Phillips and ending with a successful west coast tour with my inspiring friends, Light Asylum.
I will be updating my site throughout the week with lots of new work. Keep an eye out for my next feature at Thefader.com, as they will be releasing my tour diary.
And cop the new issue of V Magazine - I have a photo in there of Queen Sea Big Shark, a lovely band from Beijing. Shot in Austin, Texas.
Love to all the new friends I met along the way from Los Angeles to Portland! xx
05.14.11
Just spent 5 awesome days with my family in Pittsburg, CA. Tomorrow it's rise and shine for PDX. Linking up with Light Asylum and Yacht to cover the show at Wonder Ballroom. All Portland folks please come through!
05.01.11
In LA now with Richard Phillips. This is going to be fun.
04.29.11
Going to be on assignment in LA May 1st thru 9th! Will have the weekend off so LA pals get at me!
04.25.11
On the road with Light Asylum today. Headed for a show at the Black Cat in DC.
04.12.11
Finally wrapped a project today for Grazia France. Claire Touzard and I have been working on this since January! Finished the story with a studio visit with awesome boys Jack and Lazaro of Proenza Schouler. Couldn't have asked for a more handsome pair to shoot.
04.08.11
Pleased to announce that SUNO has finally launched their brand new webstore! I handled all retouching for this phase of the project and on Monday I'll be taking over photography. Very excited to see the new stuff SUNO has to offer.
04.08.11
Today Diddy tweeted the photograph I shot of him at SXSW. It is also the profile pic and wallpaper of his official fan club's twitter! COOL!
04.03.11
Shot Justin Long's apartment today. Newly redesigned and refurnished by Sally Breer!
03.29.11
Looking for 1 more artist to share my 450 sq ft work space, 3XTELLE STUDIO. $375 a month. Space is newly renovated, newly insulated, comes with new kitchenette complete with a new fridge, hot plate, stainless steel prep table & microwave. Giant freight elevator in building, roof access which views the water, all 3 bridges, and the Empire State Building. The studio is 24-hour access with NO UTILITIES. Located in the heart of South Williamsburg.
Email me at studio@christelledecastro.com if interested. *See video of 3XTELLE STUDIO here.
03.27.11
Wow, still recovering from SXSW. It was such a whilrwind. I was blessed to have gone with 3 very special people. I have a banging photo diary going up on The Fader.com this week. Keep your eyes peeled, it's my favorite one yet!
03.12.11
Road tripping to SXSW with Ghe20 Gothik! Stopping over in New Orleans before making our way to Austin. See you at The Fader parties and everywhere in between.
03.04.11
Just wrapped a project for new amazing clients, SUNO.
02.28.11
A lovely post about the Capricious group show can be found on the Opening Ceremony blog here.
02.26.11
Thank you to everyone who came out to see the group show at Capricious Space yesterday! It was a packed house filled with beautiful faces. Couldn't be a better way for the Space to go out with a bang.
02.22.11
This Friday I will be in a group show for Capricious Space's final exhibition. Please come out, it will be a huge celebration!
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Capricious Space
103 Broadway - Brooklyn NY
February 25th 6PM - 10PM
02.22.11
Producing 4-day shoot for the talented Collier Schorr. First day on set today, three more to go. So very honored to work with Schorr!
02.11.11
EX*PATRIATE FW11 images up now!
01.26.11
The rough cut to Telfar's new video lookbook is out. Directed and edited by Leilah Weinraub, original score by Fatima Al Quadiri, styling by Khalid Al Gharaballi, and me as DP. Check it out in the video section here.
01.12.10
Introducing DISPOSABLE, my new photo column on dismagazine.com. Check out my first installment; a photo diary on my recent new years trip to Los Angeles. Take a minutes to enjoy the column, then give yourself a few hours to browse the rest of DIS, undoubtedly the best site online today.
01.11.10
V Magazine's Nicki Minaj issue is OUT!!! Check out my collabo with artist Spencer Sweeny, as he interviews my girl DJ Iceburg VX for this special Nicki issue. Styled by Khalid Al Gharaballi!! Pick up the issue and see the exclusives HERE!
12.18.10
Helped my boy DJ Myles with a holiday gift list for his design blog. Hit it up HERE, and check out the other gift guides provided by some of my favorite people in the industry--Jasmine Benjamin and Deidre Dyer!
12.10.10
Today I shot the Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony SS11 Campaign at the Levis Photo Studio on Wooster today. We had an open casting and a horse named Snicker on set!! Thank you to everyone who worked on this production and thank you to the Levis crew who made our shoot possible! XX
12.7.10
Just saw my girl Daria Radlinski post up some behind the scenes photos from our shoot for Rika Magazine. Check her article out here!
12.2.10
Will be at Miami Basel December 3rd - 6th supporting DIS!
9.23.10
Hooray! Today we soft launched acnestudionyc.com, a big project I photo directed and shot all model images for. Check it out and treat yourself to something new!
-christelle
9.19.10
This coming Wednesday will be the release of RANDY Magazine issue no. 1, for which I photographed artists Sheila Pepe and Lee Maida. Come to GHE20 GOTHIK to celebrate the release with us!
When: September 22, 2010 9-11PM
Where: 120 Orchard
8.09.10
Fun photo shoot and chatroom interview with DIS Magazine.. see it all here!
7.21.10
Richard Phillips photo commission slated for August 2010.
7.1.10
Visit the Opening Ceremony blog to see photographs and an interview I did with Rumi Missabu.
5.18.10
DESIGN INTERN NEEDED. Looking for an intern to help with the execution of a special publication. You will be in charge of layout, file management, and sourcing. Must be very detail oriented and proficient with in-Design.
*Internship is non-paid, however meals will be provided during meeting dates. You will also be credited in the publication itself.
If interested, send resumes and examples of work to: studio@christelledecastro.com
5.08.10
Hello!
This is my new website. I will be posting updates on projects, exhibitions, and collaborative opportunities in this section.
If you'd like to be on my mailing list, drop me a line at studio@christelledecastro.com
Thanks for stopping by,
-christelle
Shooting SUNO FW12 runway lookbook today. My assistants will be on backstage and video. Official lookbook images will drop as soon as tomorrow, stay tuned!
02.09.12
Day off! Gonna run to Gen Art this eve to support my sisters, William Okpo.
02.08.12
2 shoots today! Kicking this morning off with a fashion video for David Peck. Second half of the day will be spent with Jason Mora, creative director of Tsubo.
02.07.12
Day 2 with Timo Weiland. Gonna be in their studio today and at their showroom for casting!
02.06.12
Day 1 of shooting a video campaign for Tsubo Footwear's collaboration with one of my favorite designers, Timo Weiland. Leggo!!
02.05.12
Shot David Peck FW12 Lookbook today at the beautiful Crosby Hotel. So much fun to work with the DP gang always!
02.04.12
Shot Daniella Kallmeyer FW12 Lookbook today. Very proud of Producing and Art Directing this project. The collection is beautiful. Can't wait to post the photos.
01.30.12
Check out these great photos from the giant photo show, HOUR HANDS, in Vancouver! We packed the house!
01.26.12
My new photo column, CELL OUT!, was launched today thanks to the following talented contributors: Kathy Lo, Nicole Saldana, Michael Muehlhausen, Courtney Malick, Lauren Devine, Zachary Ching, Sunny Shokrae, Eva Tuerbl, John McSwain, Frankie Delesio, & Erin Green.
Check out their January celly pix here!
01.19.12
Shooting 3 pages for NYLON today!
01.18.12
Hosting a party tonight at Le Bain for my girls Nelleke & JR. Special Guest, DJ Musa will be there! 10PM til wheneva!
01.12.12
Hey Vancouver! Don't miss this massive photo show!
RVCA presents:
HOUR HANDS
a Color Magazine group photography exhibition
curated by Gordon Nicholas and Brayden Olson
Opening Reception:
Thursday, January 19 (6-11pm)
music by Hana Pesut
01.12.12
Sick shoot at Complex Mag today. We finished with a trip to Chipotle. And then a spree at Home Depot! #NotMad
01.10.12
Really fun shoot at the studio today for Nylon Guys. Find it on stands in February. As always, I'll keep you posted! xx
12.15.11
Shootting the Matt Bernson Fall13 lookbook at my studio today & tomorrow.
12.14.11
The fashion video I directed and produced for Timo Weiland x Tsubo shoes is now live on Tsubo's website! Check it out here, click PLAY on the right side of the screen.
12.04.11
Grab the January issue of NYLON Guys and check out my shoot with Wale!
12.02.11
Just wrapped a lovely week with SUNO. This time we took the shoot to my studio. Very excited for this new round of photo and video to post.
11.18.11
Speaking about my work at James Woodward's digital photography class at NYU today!
11.08.11
Awesome shoot at Complex today. Got to play hoops in Marc Ecko's office with the homie Salieu @ RED.
11.05.11
See album art for Mike Q's new EP on Fade To Mind (collabo between me and Kingdom) here.
11.02.11
Editorial on Yonas Michael, styled by Jasmine Benjamin, live on the site now. See it here.
10.26.11
Rapper Wale is in the building today! #3XTELLE STUDIO
10.20.11
Happy to be shooting and consulting with MF Jewelry. Check out the Ball Ring by MF (SS12) all over Rihanna's new video, "We Found Love"!
10.18.11
Posted some favorites from the CrOp by David Peck SS12 lookbook shoot, with my favorite girl, Sydney @ Supreme. See them here.
09.30.11
Just saw the final cut to my latest video project, which I directed and produced. Very excited for everyone to see it! :)
09.28.11
Daniella Kallmeyer SS12 campaignl now on my website, see it here. Big huge Special Thanks goes to John Todd!
09.27.11
My Spring 2010 interview with newly launched WDRKMR.US is up online now. Read it here.
09.25.11
Just produced and shot editorial for Daniella Kallmeyer SS12. Our model DJ Nelleke worked it out!
09.21.11
Just got back from the most amazing post-fashion week trip to Miami. It was the most beautiful & hilarious 3 days of my entire summer. Gonna have to make it a yearly thing with the Miami crew.
09.11.11
Directing a fashion video and shooting runway at the Timo Weiland show for his collaboration with Tsubo shoes. Should be a riot aka really stressful! After this, I'll be able to sleep.. -_-
09.10.11
Shooting backstage today for my girl, Gerlan. Can't wait to see what she's got brewing this time around.
09.09.11
Shooting SUNO's first runway show today! Very excited to support my CFDA nominated friends!
09.06.11
I was in California during my group show, Snack The Planet, at the Museum of Arts and Design NY. I'm glad Opening Ceremony was able to go and take pics! Check out the feature here.
09.05.11
Shot CrOp by David Peck SS12 lookbook today at the Crosby Street Hotel. Amazing team, excellent model, couldn't be happier with the day.
09.02.11
Showing a new light box installation at the Museum of Arts and Design today. It is part of a group exhibition & event curated by Lauren Devine and Patrik Sandberg called, SNACK THE PLANET.
08.18.11
New unreleased work from 2010, ME ON YOU Study no. 1, published on DIS Magazine today.
08.14.11
Refinery29 featured me today for their month of hair countdown. Shout out photographer Dan McMahon for not making me look like a fool! :)
08.12.11
Will be back in San Francisco August 23rd!
07.12.11
I started a tumblr! Go to http://xxxtelle.tumblr.com/ to see daily photo logs of people and things I enjoy.
06.30.11
Live on the FADER today, my Styled By feature on Christian Winjants. You can see the story and behind the scenes footage on the FADER here and of course, peep the full run on my website here!
06.29.11
Got some incredibly generous responses for my new film, BO. Thank you to Opening Ceremony and Portable for your sweet shout outs!
Opening Ceremony - "BO: a New Film by Christelle de Castro" June 28, 2011
Portable.tv - "The Charming Face of Bo" June 29, 2011
06.26.11
Just closed DIS Magazine's Tweenage Issue with my new film, BO. View it in the video section here. Special thanks to DJ Lindsey, DJ Myles, The Harper Family, The Caldwell Family, Katerina Llanes.
06.16.11
Sorry I haven't updated this in so long! Please check out the films I worked on with Richard Phillips for the Venice Biennale!
LINDSAY LOHAN from V Magazine on Vimeo.
Sasha Grey from M. Bird on Vimeo.
05.22.11
Just got back to NY after 3 weeks of being away. It's been a very busy month -starting off with a huge project for Richard Phillips and ending with a successful west coast tour with my inspiring friends, Light Asylum.
I will be updating my site throughout the week with lots of new work. Keep an eye out for my next feature at Thefader.com, as they will be releasing my tour diary.
And cop the new issue of V Magazine - I have a photo in there of Queen Sea Big Shark, a lovely band from Beijing. Shot in Austin, Texas.
Love to all the new friends I met along the way from Los Angeles to Portland! xx
05.14.11
Just spent 5 awesome days with my family in Pittsburg, CA. Tomorrow it's rise and shine for PDX. Linking up with Light Asylum and Yacht to cover the show at Wonder Ballroom. All Portland folks please come through!
05.01.11
In LA now with Richard Phillips. This is going to be fun.
04.29.11
Going to be on assignment in LA May 1st thru 9th! Will have the weekend off so LA pals get at me!
04.25.11
On the road with Light Asylum today. Headed for a show at the Black Cat in DC.
04.12.11
Finally wrapped a project today for Grazia France. Claire Touzard and I have been working on this since January! Finished the story with a studio visit with awesome boys Jack and Lazaro of Proenza Schouler. Couldn't have asked for a more handsome pair to shoot.
04.08.11
Pleased to announce that SUNO has finally launched their brand new webstore! I handled all retouching for this phase of the project and on Monday I'll be taking over photography. Very excited to see the new stuff SUNO has to offer.
04.08.11
Today Diddy tweeted the photograph I shot of him at SXSW. It is also the profile pic and wallpaper of his official fan club's twitter! COOL!
04.03.11
Shot Justin Long's apartment today. Newly redesigned and refurnished by Sally Breer!
03.29.11
Looking for 1 more artist to share my 450 sq ft work space, 3XTELLE STUDIO. $375 a month. Space is newly renovated, newly insulated, comes with new kitchenette complete with a new fridge, hot plate, stainless steel prep table & microwave. Giant freight elevator in building, roof access which views the water, all 3 bridges, and the Empire State Building. The studio is 24-hour access with NO UTILITIES. Located in the heart of South Williamsburg.
Email me at studio@christelledecastro.com if interested. *See video of 3XTELLE STUDIO here.
03.27.11
Wow, still recovering from SXSW. It was such a whilrwind. I was blessed to have gone with 3 very special people. I have a banging photo diary going up on The Fader.com this week. Keep your eyes peeled, it's my favorite one yet!
03.12.11
Road tripping to SXSW with Ghe20 Gothik! Stopping over in New Orleans before making our way to Austin. See you at The Fader parties and everywhere in between.
03.04.11
Just wrapped a project for new amazing clients, SUNO.
02.28.11
A lovely post about the Capricious group show can be found on the Opening Ceremony blog here.
02.26.11
Thank you to everyone who came out to see the group show at Capricious Space yesterday! It was a packed house filled with beautiful faces. Couldn't be a better way for the Space to go out with a bang.
02.22.11
This Friday I will be in a group show for Capricious Space's final exhibition. Please come out, it will be a huge celebration!
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Capricious Space
103 Broadway - Brooklyn NY
February 25th 6PM - 10PM
02.22.11
Producing 4-day shoot for the talented Collier Schorr. First day on set today, three more to go. So very honored to work with Schorr!
02.11.11
EX*PATRIATE FW11 images up now!
01.26.11
The rough cut to Telfar's new video lookbook is out. Directed and edited by Leilah Weinraub, original score by Fatima Al Quadiri, styling by Khalid Al Gharaballi, and me as DP. Check it out in the video section here.
01.12.10
Introducing DISPOSABLE, my new photo column on dismagazine.com. Check out my first installment; a photo diary on my recent new years trip to Los Angeles. Take a minutes to enjoy the column, then give yourself a few hours to browse the rest of DIS, undoubtedly the best site online today.
01.11.10
V Magazine's Nicki Minaj issue is OUT!!! Check out my collabo with artist Spencer Sweeny, as he interviews my girl DJ Iceburg VX for this special Nicki issue. Styled by Khalid Al Gharaballi!! Pick up the issue and see the exclusives HERE!
12.18.10
Helped my boy DJ Myles with a holiday gift list for his design blog. Hit it up HERE, and check out the other gift guides provided by some of my favorite people in the industry--Jasmine Benjamin and Deidre Dyer!
12.10.10
Today I shot the Pendleton Meets Opening Ceremony SS11 Campaign at the Levis Photo Studio on Wooster today. We had an open casting and a horse named Snicker on set!! Thank you to everyone who worked on this production and thank you to the Levis crew who made our shoot possible! XX
12.7.10
Just saw my girl Daria Radlinski post up some behind the scenes photos from our shoot for Rika Magazine. Check her article out here!
12.2.10
Will be at Miami Basel December 3rd - 6th supporting DIS!
9.23.10
Hooray! Today we soft launched acnestudionyc.com, a big project I photo directed and shot all model images for. Check it out and treat yourself to something new!
-christelle
9.19.10
This coming Wednesday will be the release of RANDY Magazine issue no. 1, for which I photographed artists Sheila Pepe and Lee Maida. Come to GHE20 GOTHIK to celebrate the release with us!
When: September 22, 2010 9-11PM
Where: 120 Orchard
8.09.10
Fun photo shoot and chatroom interview with DIS Magazine.. see it all here!
7.21.10
Richard Phillips photo commission slated for August 2010.
7.1.10
Visit the Opening Ceremony blog to see photographs and an interview I did with Rumi Missabu.
5.18.10
DESIGN INTERN NEEDED. Looking for an intern to help with the execution of a special publication. You will be in charge of layout, file management, and sourcing. Must be very detail oriented and proficient with in-Design.
*Internship is non-paid, however meals will be provided during meeting dates. You will also be credited in the publication itself.
If interested, send resumes and examples of work to: studio@christelledecastro.com
5.08.10
Hello!
This is my new website. I will be posting updates on projects, exhibitions, and collaborative opportunities in this section.
If you'd like to be on my mailing list, drop me a line at studio@christelledecastro.com
Thanks for stopping by,
-christelle