MARVIN STANLEY CASTRO WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. HE IS OF SALVADORIAN DESCENT AND GREW UP IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, IN VAN NUYS AND LATER NORTHRIDGE. CASTRO STARTED COLLEGE AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHRIDGE (CSUN) AND JOINED THE EXCHANGE PROGRAM TO DO A FULL SCHOOL YEAR AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY (WPUNJ). IN HIGH SCHOOL CASTRO WAS AWARDED BOTH HONORS IN ART HISTORY AND WAS SELECTED TO SHOWCASE A PHOTO PIECE IN A JURIED STUDENT SHOW AT CSUN. LATER, HE WON “BEST IN PHOTOGRAPHY” AFTER BEING SELECTED FOR THE JURIED STUDENT SHOW, PROFILES OF THE FUTURE 2010 AT WPUNJ. MARVIN CASTRO’S WORK DELVES INTO CONCEPTS OF HIGH FASHION AND FINE ART PORTRAITURE; AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTING WITH OTHER MEDIUMS IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY. ATTENDING WPUNJ HAS HELPED HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK FLOURISH, WITH EXPERIENCES IN A LIGHTING STUDIO, INTERNSHIPS, STUDENT BOOK PUBLISHINGS, AND STUDENT ART SHOWS. HE IS CURRENTLY BASED IN NEW YORK, NY, IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING FROM LOS ANGELES.

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