Noah Berger - fires, protests & the news

Episode 112 - Noah Berger

Noah has been described as “The California Photographer Who Has Shot More Than 100 Wildfires.” He talks to us about his experience with taking photographs with fires. Although he is a freelancer with corporate and news work, Noah talks about why he works with other photographers. It’s a fascinating topic and gives you some idea about his preparations too. He was kind enough to tell you about the photography kit too.

Although Noah has shot this sort of news work for a long time, he talks about how it's changing and why it's worrying him. We do go through a couple of his images which I will add to the website because they were making me very emotional. You may notice my tone change when we discuss them as I believe Noah captures the devastation of people, animals, and not just the landscape. We also move on to his press work with protests too, which is quite worrying – especially getting shot!

In this one we discuss:

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Links

Noah website - https://noahbergerphoto.com

Noah press article - https://www.propublica.org/article/what-the-photos-of-wildfires-and-smoke-dont-show-you

Noah article - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/california-wildfire-photos

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