Freelance photographer Noah Berger’s career spans 26 years, shooting for major news outlets including the Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, and Agence France-Presse. Berger specializes in documenting wildfires and social unrest. After covering the 2013 Rim Fire outside of Yosemite, he began devoting summers and autumns to documenting California’s fires. He often lives out of his car for days at a time in order to follow the fires as closely as possible. Along with colleagues at the Associated Press, Berger received the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography for his coverage of Black Lives Matter protests. He was a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Photography for his images of California’s deadliest fire season.