
17/07/2025
The Weight Of Ash by is now available for Presale - "There is a moment after a wildfire burns but before humans return," says Bates, "where the land and forests are both beautiful and terrifying."
The book is a collection of gripping and poignant work presenting the many complexities of fire:
its towering, overwhelming beauty and its destructive capacities.
From an essay contributed by Daniel Gumbiner:
"Taken over a five-year stretch, at over ten separate fires, these photos focus specifically on
the aftermath of a fire. Bates was often in these fire zones on assignment for news organizations, documenting the fires as they transpired. But while he was there, he began to take other kinds of photographs too. Photographs that place
the natural and human world into conversation and, in doing so, draw our attention to the paradox of wildfire in the contemporary West."
First 100 copies come signed by the artist
Special Edition also available, signed, numbered, with print.
🔗 Link in bio to pre-order now. 🔗
POEM by Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Essay by Daniel Gumbiner
92 Pages
Hardcover with blind debossed title
Duotone Offset
10.5” x 12.5”