Inside the flames: Josh Edelson’s decade documenting California’s wildfires at ‘Visa pour l’Image’

From the heart of California’s infernos to the front lines of the climate crisis, photographer Josh Edelson has spent 10 years capturing the raw reality of wildfire destruction. His haunting images, showcased at the “Visa pour l’Image” photojournalism festival in southern France, reveal the human stories behind the flames – stories that resonate deeply as Europe faces its own devastating blazes.