By August 4, 2026, three wildfires had swept through Spokane County, Washington, destroying more than 700 structures and displacing about 65,000 people. Josh Edelson, a San Francisco-based photojournalist who has covered more than 100 wildfires in California over the past decade, spent 14 hours that day photographing the aftermath of the Old Trails Fire for Agence France-Presse. By the time he arrived, the fires had done their damage, so the job was the aftermath. "That window, when people return, is the hardest and most important part of fire coverage," Edelson says.

  Friday, October 16, 6-9 pm: Vessels | Bodies, Tales & Machines at Westbeth We exist inside a continuous architecture of containment—geographical, corporeal, mental, societal—beginning fundamentally with the body, the very first place that holds us. In the upcoming group exhibition Vessels: Bodies, Tales & Machines, opening at the Westbeth Gallery  artists Jeanne Verdoux, Fanny Allié, and the collaborative team of Nicolas Touron an...