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“Fire in the Sky” by Brent Broza Photographer Brent Broza is best known for his images of big waves, rock ‘n’ rollers, and South Bay seascapes and landmarks. But for Broza, it all began with long walks. Brent Broza. Photo by Michele Purcell In the final month of his father Claude’s life, Broza, who had returned from a successful career selling wine in Hawaii to care for him, began taking long walks in between long sessions of caregiving. The walks were like meditations, a way to lose his sorrow and himself — if only briefly — in the beauty of his native stomping ground. The fact that he took a camera along was almost an afterthought. He and Claude had taken a few classes together but Broza was a amateur photographer, at best. Ten years later, Broza is a well-established professional photographer. His work has been featured by the likes of Surfer Magazine, Juxtapoz, Hi Fructose, American Art Collector, CBS, and Surfline and has served as album art for Jack Johnson, Descendents, and Pennywise. He also won arguably the surfing world’s most prestigious photography honor, the World Surf League’s “Biggest Paddle Award,” not once, but twice — capturing Aaron Gold’s Guiness World Record…
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