Some days are better than others and of course, some are more trying. Today was one of those trying ones, for sure. Late this morning while I was beginning to edit a job, the fire alarm in our building went off, which is never a good sign. After checking things out, I found out a cable worker had knocked a sprinkler head off in the hallway above my studio, directly above. A deluge of water soon began to pour through my ceiling and I started the rush to move my computer and camera equipment before it was ruined. With the help of my wonderful building neighbors, I was able to move everything that could be horribly damaged (I hope) including my film archive. Still, a lot of water came in and a lot of damage was done. A flood. Bright sunny day, my studio is on the second floor, fifteen feet above the ground, and I have a flood.
However, even in adversity comes opportunity, I guess. I've been thinking of doing portraits of firefighters, and have been thinking about who to approach. This morning, they approached me. The firemen of the Greensboro Fire Department showed up at my door and I grabbed a couple of images of them as I was documenting the damage to my studio.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
3 comments:
Are you sure this wasn't some publicity stunt?
Great images Dan, as always! Way to take the best out of a bad situation. Hope things are drying out. ;)
Best,
Aimee
What a mess. Hope you didn't lose anything important.
At this point I seem to have been very fortunate. I haven't lost anything ultra important that I have found, only incidentals and things that can be replaced. I'm still looking however. Thanks for the thoughts.
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