Josh Edelson

Photographer [email protected]

[İstanbul Photo Awards @IstPhotoAwards]

Photographer @JoshEdelson from @AFPphoto images got the Story Nature & Environment 1st prize in #İstanbulPhotoAwards 2026 with the series of ‘California Fires’.

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@ugartep @AFP Thx Pedro!

[Pedro Ugarte @ugartep]

Congratulations to @JoshEdelson on winning the Independent Freelance Photographer Award at the Xposure International Photography Festival in the UAE! The images were taken while on assignment for @AFP during the fires in California https://t.co/zVBsV7tMHp @photojournalism

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BEFORE & AFTER: people and burning buildings during the Eaton and Palisades fires in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, CA on 1/8/25 and 1/5/26. (All Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)
#beforeandafter #altadena #pacificpalisades #eatonfire #palisadesfire @afpphoto

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@ankurnagpal Solo

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

And now there's officially a Tornado Warning out for Santa Cruz County for this offshore mini-supercell thunderstorm, which is likely producing a waterspout over water that could move inland as a tornado near Santa Cruz. #CAwx

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

AFP’s Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event in Mill Valley, California.

"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding and give a glimpse into what things could look like with rising sea levels in the future

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Vehicles navigate roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event on Thursday, Dec. 04, 2025, in Mill Valley, California. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

[Josh Edelson @JoshEdelson]

@US_Stormwatch Burbank to Santa Rosa today, 11/28/25 at about 12pm. Thought it looked a little abnormal.

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Absolutely insane photo!

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Immense planning and technical precision was required for this absolutely preposterous (but real) view: I captured my friend @BlackGryph0n transiting the sun during a skydive.

This might be the first photo of it's kind in existence. See a video of this moment in the reply 👇

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@AJamesMcCarthy Amazing!

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@YayAreaNews Bullshit! I went tonight and this is what it looked like:

[Josh Edelson @JoshEdelson]

Man, when it rains, it pours! Honored to have won this! https://t.co/tIlaS5n8D9

[Noah Bergren @NbergWX]

HORRIBLE: WORST CASE scenario is unfolding. Really, I am near a loss of words. "Last chance to protect your life at all costs" is the words from the NHC. Melissa is about to make landfall at its strongest intensity. A humanitarian disaster is about to unfold. The hurricane hunters detected 252 MPH gusts 300 feet off the ocean surface. 185 MPH max sustained winds and 220+ MPH gusts in the eyewall about to obliterate Black River area.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

A wind gust of 252 mph was just measured above the surface in Hurricane Melissa as the storm continues to intensify right up until landfall.

This is the worst-case scenario for Jamaica.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

BREAKING: The strongest wind gust EVER recorded in a hurricane has been recorded by specialist aircraft in Hurricane Melissa: 241mph.

[Josh Edelson @JoshEdelson]

@BillMill96 From sky harbor about 30min ago

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FILE PHOTO: Charlie Kirk, seen here in this Dec. 22, 2024 photo shaking hands with President Donald Trump in Phoenix, AZ, was shot and killed today in Utah during a speaking event. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP)

#charliekirk #donaldjtrump #turningpoint @afpphoto

[FRANCE 24 English @France24_en]

📸 Photographer @JoshEdelson has spent 10 years capturing the raw reality of #wildfires, from the heart of California's infernos to the front lines of the climate crisis.

He talks on @Artsf24 about his haunting images, showcased at the @Visapourlimage photojournalism festival ⤵️

[Josh Edelson @JoshEdelson]

I’m so overwhelmed and proud and emotional and impressed with this unbelievably amazing exhibit of my work at @Visapourlimage I feel like I’m in a dream that I desperately don’t want to wake up from. Thank you @AFP for entering my work and thank you Visa for this exhibition!