Shocking before and after aerial images of Malibu wildfire damage

By Dean Murray

An aerial photographer has captured chilling before and after images of the devastating Malibu fires.

Jeffrey Milstein shuns drones to rent helicopters to shoot with high-resolution cameras for his projects.

The New Yorker was able to match up scenes from last year's shoot documenting the Californian coast to those from this month.

Jeffrey says: "I found pictures of Malibu that I had taken a year ago that included many of the homes that burned this year.

"It is hard to imagine the loss and pain visited upon the people who lost everything in the fires.

"The large scale of the disasters as well as personal loss at the scale of the individual can be seen in these photographs.

"Hopefully these photographs will be a visual reminder of what can happen with climate change, and how important it is that we address these issues."

Jeffrey says he is thinking of making an on demand digital printed book and donating a large portion of the profits.

His work is in many collections public and private including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Museum, and The Portland Art Museum.