"We don't take enough time to really appreciate a good photograph," says San Fernando Valley native Brandon Taylor about the result of the barrage of photos we get inundated with daily. Nearly losing his own home in a wildfire some years ago made him take a closer look at their effects on the surroundings and how they affect people's lives.
“Wildfires are equally terrifying and fascinating,” the California photographer Liam Searson tells me. “Especially at night, when the daylight fades, seeing the landscape erupt in a glowing orange is a pretty unforgettable experience.
The weather is going crazy in Colorado. Locals are puzzled over what an unusual 48 hours they had this week: they went from scorching heat to snow!
As bushfires consume nearly 20 million acres in Australia, killing 24 people and an estimated one billion animals, it seems somewhat trivial to contemplate which image will end up defining and representing this apocalyptic event – especially considering the dry season will continue for a few more months. The scope of the fires has been […]
With wildfires now burning hotter and longer, we can no longer deny or ignore the reality of climate change and its impending aftermath. This is the crux of Los Angeles-based Mette Lampcov's documentary work in California, one of the hotspots of deadly fires in the United States.
Earlier this month, aerial photographer Douglas Thron captured this apocalyptic footage of a mailman delivering mail in a Santa Rosa, California, neighborhood that had gotten burned to the ground by raging wildfires.
In November 2016, wildfires broke out near Great Smoky Mountains National Park and devastated the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, claiming 14 lives and over 2,000 homes and businesses. Nashville-based photographer Jeremy Cowart recently decided to use his camera to help bring healing and awareness to the area’s victims. For his project Voices of Gatlinburg, Cowart […]
A lo-fi picture taken by a firefighter on August 6, 2000, on a Kodak DC280 in Montana is considered to be one of the most famous wildfire photographs ever taken. [Read More]
The University of California San Diego has launched a new cutting-edge system made up of more than 1,000 cameras positioned across the state designed to prepare for, respond to, and recover from wildfires and other natural hazards. [Read More]
Back in August 2016, the Blue Cut wildfire tore through Cajon Pass in Southern California, burning 37,000 acres, dozens of cars, and over 300 homes and structures. Local photojournalist James Quigg documented the fire’s damage in a creative and unusual way: he found a burned teapot and turned it into a pinhole camera. Quigg has […]
Rachael Zimmerman, a photographer in Lahaina, Hawaii, woke in the early morning hours the day the fires hit, awakened by the noise from the high winds. In a groggy haze, she fixes the screen windows flying off her condo, but when she looks out the window, she can see some flames in the distance.
These 15 photographers have been on the frontlines of wildfires, documenting them and sharing the stories of the fires with the world. The post Extraordinary photos of wildfires appeared first on 500px.
My name is Naomi, and I evacuated due to the Riverside Fire in Oregon. The day before, I drove into the "red zone" just miles from my house. These are the photos I took along the way.