Patrick Ruddy was first inspired to take photographs at 15 years old. He would take his 35 mm camera down to the beach, and shoot photos of his friends surfing, and develop his own prints from his bathroom. Fast forward three years, and he was taken under the wing of Surfing Magazine Assistant Photo Editor, Jimmy Wilson, which helped Ruddy's work to reach a mainstream platform and launched his career as one of the best surf photographers on the East Coast. Ruddy now works for a variety of clients, editorial and commercial, but he can still be spotted close to his home in Florida shooting with friends and family.
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