About Devin

I was born and raised in Catawba County, North Carolina. I still call it home, and I photograph weddings throughout North Carolina and the Southeast.

At 18, I boarded a Greyhound bus from Asheville to San Francisco. Over the course of three days, watching the country unfold mile by mile, my sense of the world widened in a way that never left me. I spent the following year moving along the California coast, where I encountered a retrospective exhibition by Yoko Ono that permanently changed my understanding of what art could be.

At the time, I wasn't making photographs. I was writing. Poetry became a way of holding onto places, people, and moments that felt impossible to keep any other way. I spent my time reading, writing, and chasing open mics, trying to make sense of the world around me.

When I returned to the Carolinas, I visited Carl Sandburg's home in Flat Rock. His work, and the place itself, deepened my connection to language and to the landscapes I had grown up around. Somewhere between those experiences, I realized I wasn't looking for rules to follow. I was looking for a way of seeing.

Photography came later, but it felt familiar from the beginning. It gave me another way to pay attention.

Today, that way of seeing is what I bring to every wedding I photograph. I notice the people, the atmosphere, the traditions, and the moments in between. My fine art work continues to shape my perspective, but weddings have given it purpose. It's an honor to document a day that will matter for generations, and I don't take that responsibility lightly.