29 year old Devon Cardamone was born and raised in Aspen, Colorado and grew up ski racing. It took him all the way to Vermont to ski race on the NCAA circuit through college. Being raised in such a competitive environment, he was quick to ditch it all during his early twenties.
"I’d always surfed a bit, but got more into surfing through the winters in the northeast. I moved out to Southern California the first chance I got and continued surfing every day, religiously."
His mom being a portrait photographer, something told me to avoid those kind of gigs and commercial work at all costs. He refused to touch a digital camera and began capturing life and the world around surfing. Now, he uses watercolor paint to add to the feeling and better convey the energy around everything he sees.
"I’m inspired by the free spiritedness of surfing that I could no longer find in the image-centric and expensive skiing world and the way that an analog camera lets me capture moments without a chance for review or comparison. I get what I get and want to show the world these real, uncontrived moments."