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A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.

These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.

You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

09.01.2025 12:44 — 👍 51995    🔁 14219    💬 787    📌 850

this is great thank you

17.11.2024 16:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m going to try to get on here as often as I do twitter to see if I can make the transition completely.

17.11.2024 15:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I told my loved one that is in BOP, buckle up, it’s going to be some hard years. sigh.

15.11.2024 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

been on bluesky for maybe one day and I love it.

09.07.2023 22:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Imagine being the wife of one of these guys. “Honey can we take a NORMAL VACATION without SAMUEL ALITO”

09.07.2023 20:06 — 👍 200    🔁 25    💬 5    📌 1

It really upsets some people to see an independent creative woman journo (or really anyone) thrive. 🖤

09.07.2023 21:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m not kidding when I say that in an average week I probably do research online 40 times. I’m absolutely noticing the availability of good data reaching as far back as you want is waning. This is really bad.

09.07.2023 21:31 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0