David McNew’s Photographs of California’s Wildfires – Artsy

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How This Photojournalist Gets Close to California’s Devastating Wildfires

For four decades, David McNew has taken incredible photographs of the terrible wildfires in his home state.

via Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-photojournalist-close-californias-devastating-wildfires

Photojournalist David McNew was tired. On November 7th, in the middle of the night, he received a call that a gunman had opened fire on patrons of a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. McNew left his home in Pasadena and drove out to cover the aftermath of the mass shooting, which left 13 people dead. Just hours later, a few miles away from the tragedy, a wildfire ignited in Hill Canyon.