Big Sur, CA

An ongoing documentary project exploring Big Sur’s wild landscapes, rich biodiversity, and the people who call it home, as tourism and climate change place growing strain on this remote stretch of coast and its increasingly vulnerable Highway 1.

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Smoke rises from the Plaskett Fire in the hills east of Highway 1 near Plaskett in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Firefighters walk down a dirt access road after working near an active portion of the Plaskett Fire in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Contractor Rae Pace, whose company is providing heavy equipment for the Plaskett Fire response, poses beside his transport truck at the Plaskett Fire base camp in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
A fire engine travels along Highway 1 below a hillside burned by the Plaskett Fire near Plaskett in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Charred branches lie across ash-covered ground near Highway 1 following the Plaskett Fire in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
A fire engine passes vegetation burned by the Plaskett Fire along Highway 1 near Plaskett in Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026
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