Yeah, I'd like the guy in the photo to have a print for himself. I think his name is Ueda but the second character of his name is somewhat obscured by a fold in his shirt. I'll have to try to research what station he was working out of. The police rolled up with guys in wetsuits and the whole nine yards. This fireman appears not to have been a member of a special team, but just one of the first on the scene from the local fire station. Notice that his rapelling and safety gear appears very minimal. The guy has guts going down there with nothing more than a rope around his middle.
I went for the faux cyanotype toning because the color wasn't all that great and because even I was getting tired of sepia.
EDIT: I found a contact e-mail address for the Tokyo Fire Department and fired off an e-mail asking them for help in identifying the fellow.
Last edited by Mike Cash; 08-13-2008 at 04:16 AM.