‘Nothing can prepare you for it’: Sydney Morning Herald photographers on covering the Australian bushfire crisis from the front-line

Nick Moir and Wolter Peeters are two Walkley-winning photographers who have been covering Australia’s raging bushfire crisis from the front lines, working in dangerous conditions alongside firefighters and communities. They spoke with Mumbrella about the training they receive before entering a bushfire zone and the emotional toll of the season, and uncovered the behind the scenes of their amazing work for the Good Weekend.

“It’s one of the few occasions in Australia where you come across something similar to a combat situation. This fire season has been like a war every day and people have been killed. The lead up each day is quite frightening,” says Sydney Morning Herald photographer Nick Moir.

He and his colleague Wolter Peeters have spent months on the front line of Australia’s bushfire crisis and it’s clear that what they have witnessed is truly indescribable. So, they let their photographs tell the story.

Nick Moir / Sydney Morning Herald

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