In this paper, the damage evolution of high purity aluminum under shock loading is investigated experimentally. The surface profile measurement technique based on white light axial chromatic aberration is used to measure the cross-section of sample which is soft-recovered from dynamic impact experiments. Then, the cross-section image and 3-D surface topography are obtained by reconstruction of the data, the quantified damage is also calculated based on the data. The results show that in the early stage of damage evolution the spatial distribution of relative void volume is not continuous, which results from nucleation affect, size affect and stress relaxation. The damage curves show not only the maximum damage but also a second peak. In the late stage of damage evolution, the spatial distribution of damage increment is discontinuous, which results from the coalescence of voids. The damage of the coalescence region rapidly increases and the secondary peak of the damage curve disappears.