Reckoning With Ruin: Calculating the Impact of the 2025 Wildfires on L.A.’s Artists

The only thing still standing at Camilla Taylor’s home and art studio in Altadena, California, is the chimney. The wildfires consumed her house and the studio, as well as hundreds of artworks—both works on paper and ceramic sculptures. The materials she used to create her art were also destroyed. “Some people have tried to be supportive, calling me up and asking to buy certain works so that I could earn some money, but those people can’t buy anything because all the pieces they wanted are gone,” she told Observer.