Photographer Cole Barash’s recent collaboration with the brand Filson takes us to a side of forestry firefighting we rarely see, in a year plagued by major fires across the states, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Pacific Northwest. From intimate portraits to striking images of these brave men and women at work protecting the forest, the scale of these fires is felt in each image from Barash.
The USFS firefighters parachute into raging wildfires in some of the most remote wilderness areas. They wage war on the fires that threaten our most wild and precious woodlands.
The First Print Edtion is strictly limited to just 200 copies in softcover. My copy, numbered at 70 arrived just a week ago. This self-published (2017) volume features information throughout on the fires featured, and the amount to which they are contained. Smokejumpers features 58 black and white and color photographs. Each of the 200 copies are signed and numbered by Barash. The profits from sales of Smokejumpers are donated to the USFS. $40 Link
See more of Barash’s work here. FP
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