Portfolio: Joe Curren
Words: Jair Bortoleto
Photos: Joe Curren
Joe Curren is the surfing equivalent of old growth, his style in the water and behind a lens is deeply rooted, contemplative and quietly powerful. Jair Bortoleto caught up with Joe to talk about family, travel, and the subtleties of capturing light the world-over—for this, Drift North America’s first Portfolio Feature.
Jair Bortoleto: Tell me about your childhood…
Joe Curren: I have good memories of childhood. I remember traveling around a lot—when I was three-years-old my family moved out of our home in Montecito and into a cargo van and traveled up and down the West Coast for a year. Then when I was four my mom drove my older brother and sister and I across the United States so Tom could compete in The U.S. Championships in North Carolina. We slept in the back of our hatchback Oldsmobile, me in the lowest part of the trunk, down by the rest of my family’s feet. Those are some of my earliest memories.
