trevor debth : bikini photographer, american hero

*note our next book club discussion has been delayed until tomorrow at noon

I don’t even know where to start.  Trevor Debth is living the dream (whose?  try ‘any straight man’s’) while doing something incredibly noble in the process.

A twenty-something who gave up the opportunity of a college education for the perhaps more practical “university of life,” Trevor left his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for Los Angeles, CA, in 1999. Having taught himself the art of photography and off-line editing, he quickly made a name for himself taking portraits of the likes of supermodel-turned-actress Amber Valetta, character actor Cliff Curtis, and editing films such as the award-winning “Cuco Gomez-Gomez Is Dead!” (for which he picked up a “Best Editing”award). In 2006, however, at the height of his success, Debth closed shop and took a 3-month sabbatical to continue his (self) education in Europe.

In Europe, he had an epiphany:

He was traveling the world but hadn’t really seen much of his own country. So, what better way to get a taste of the college life he deprived himself of and see all of America, than to go visit campuses around the U.S. and use his skills as photographer to capture the beauty of the quintessential American college girl? By producing a high-quality, “Sports Illustrated”-style calendar and donating all proceeds from the sales, Trevor would also get young women involved in a charitable cause, while raising their awareness of the disease and providing them with the opportunity to gain confidence and build a professional model portfolio.

So far he’s donated $120,000 to breast cancer research.  Oh, and he’s helped out all those gorgeous co-eds in the process.

Read more here via News Blaze

Check out his calendar work here: www.CampusGirlsUSA.com