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News: Fires and other disasters

I like firemen. They're not like other people. They run toward things other people run away from.

News photographers are like that, too, a little.

11 Sep 2010

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There were four aboard, all teenagers

The pilot had gotten his license a short time before. He had taken the plane without permission, had loaded up three of his friends -- his best friend and their girlfriends -- and took off. They flew into a thunderstorm. Rollei 35, Tri-X, D-76

11 Sep 2010

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To get a good fire picture . . .

. . . sometimes you have to go inside the burning building. Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

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It makes more sense than you'd think

The house, already lost, was burning so hot that adjoining buildings were beginning to smoke. Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

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A photogenic fire

As firefighters regroup, sunlight filters through the smoke. Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

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Firefighting in the dark

Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

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Soon, that was gone, too

Leica M-4, 50mm Summilux, Tri-X, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

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If only there were water

Leica M-2, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, Microdol-X 1:3

11 Sep 2010

119 visits

An outhouse fire

Which, of course, gave rise to the two-word joke that began with the word "hot." Leica M-4, 35mm Summicron, D-76 1:1

11 Sep 2010

114 visits

Forget something?

I've photographed a hundred fires, but in all the others all the firemen wore pants. Leica M-4, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X, D-76 1:1
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