At the Montauk Library on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at 2 pm, artist and surfer Tony Caramanico will discuss his new book, Montauk Surf Journals, sharing insights into his surfing career, art practice, travels and life in Montauk. The eighteen-inch-thick, duct-tape-bound three-ring binders of surfing conditions and travel notes are interspersed with drawings, rubbings and collages. Montauk Surf Journals chronicles Tony Caramanico's life as a surfer and artist, and presents a selection from thousands of journal entries spanning over 40 years. These entries provide an intimate purview of the day-to-day life of a traveling surfer in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, highlighting the time he spent in Montauk and his work with artist, photographer, diarist and writer Peter Beard. An exhibition of Tony Caramanico’s prints that reproduce selected pages from his journal will be on display in the library’s Community Room. A Q &A and book signing will follow the reading.
Tony Caramanico caught his first wave at age 13 in 1963 at Gilgo Beach. He is a competitive surfer, television producer, surf shop owner, traveler, and visual artist. Montauk Surf Journals was published by Damiani Books in April 2024.
