伊恩·库什尼尔（Ian Kushnir）的第一张火照片，来自2005年的火灾现场。
底特律地铁地区以火势行为而闻名消防员G传统。消防摄影师伊恩·库什尼尔（Ian Kushnir）, who operates in the region, took some time to offer his thoughts on shooting fires in the area, his experiences, and more.
FE：您从火摄影开始了什么？
IK:I had a small interest in the fire service and always enjoyed seeing the设备S和访问消防局。我的父亲，爷爷和叔叔总是会有一个扫描仪，我们会去见大火。我的祖父是底特律新闻的经理，总是有相机。我拍了他拍摄的一些大火的照片，包括著名的福特·朗达达大火。我一直喜欢服用photos我。我参加了二年级的学校摄影比赛；当其他所有人在院子里为花朵拍照时，我正在拍摄底特律Blight的照片。我在高中时给了我一辆柯达伊斯科医院数码相机。这只是一个2.0百万像素。当时我主要在拍摄铁路照片。我用那张相机拍摄的第一张大火是密歇根州和利文诺附近布坎南和哈蒙德的底特律倍数。我可以看到我家里的烟。我当时参加了大学提供的所有照片课。直到几年后，我才更多地参与了消防摄影。 I became a fire cadet with the Dearborn (MI) Fire Department and it increased my knowledge and interest in the fire service. In 2006 I had just purchased a Nikon D40 DSLR camera. Me and my buddy heard of a multiple at an apartment building on Detroit’s northwest side. On the way to that fire, we came across Detroit fighting a house fire. I took several photos of the house and at the multiple and it was very exciting. After my cadet years, I started doing more press photography in the area for an entire spectrum of events, from baby yoga at the library to presidential visits,. I still took many fire photos and fire-department related event photos in Detroit and Dearborn as well. Since I was a cadet, I knew everyone in the Dearborn Fire Department and was able to gain access other press could not. I became “Dearborn’s比尔·艾斯纳（Bill Eisner）“, the unofficial photographer. This later grew to becoming the official photographer for the Dearborn firefighters union and Dearborn Fire Department. Its a job and title I take seriously and I am very proud of. I also do work for other Detroit suburbs as well. I still do many photos of Detroit Fire, but moreso focused on community events and fundraisers. I do a lot with the Detroit fire clowns and I am a member of the Detroit Fire Department band.
FE: What kind of equipment do you use?
IK:尼康610我的主要镜头是非常破旧的Tamron 18-200 3.5 lens. My other lens is a Sigma 70-200 2.8. My flash is a Nikon SB-910. My backup camera is a Nikon D90. I like to travel light, and too much equipment can become cumbersome. I feel its dangerous to be fighting with equipment during an incident, being in my position. I must be aware of whats going on as I will be closer then the usual photographer. I have also started using my phone for live streaming on Periscope.
FE：您的一些令人难忘的工作是什么？
IK:I have so many. I have seen the good and the bad in my short time. I have seen people, cats, and dogs rescued. I have been on very tragic and sad runs as well . It has been very busy the past two years, from multiple second alarms to two tanker truck fires for Dearborn alone. I can go on and on about memorable jobs. It’s the back story. The parties, fundraisers, the conversations, the brotherhood, the friends you make. I have thousands of stories and memories–that’s what is memorable. (I sound like an old man for being only 30?) I just have seen so much.
FE: What’s unique about the area you cover–the place, thefirefighters, the hazards, etc.?
IK:被我覆盖大都忽略了侦破郊区roit, I often hear ” All they do is medicals in the suburbs” or “They don’t get fire there,” etc. I show the rest of the “world” that this is not true. Dearborn itself can be very busy. Its also a very old city with lots of multi-family houses, high-rise buildings, and many factories and commercial buildings. The Ford Rouge Plant, Greenfield Village, and Henry Ford Museum and Detroit Marathon refinery. Dearborn has five stations covering the cities of Dearborn and Melvindale. The department now belongs to two mutual aid groups, Western Wayne and Downriver, and responds to medicals and fires in surrounding cities. It’s the Home Town and Henry Ford. It’s always busy. It always has some kind of excitement…good and bad.
FE: What have been some of your more memorable publications?
IK:I make my own books for myself and for anyone who wants them on Blurb.com. To me, these make me proud alone, but some of my photos and books have already and will be archived in “The Ian Kushnir Collection” at the Walter P. Ruther Libaray at Wayne State University. I received this honor after an article had been published on a local news blog about my collection of lost Detroit news photos of the 1967 riots that had never been published. After taking the photos to the university, they found out of my work I have done myself and wanted to add this as well. It includes photos I took of the last days of the Pontiac (MI) Fire Department and the struggles of the state’s fire unions against anti-union laws passed in Lansing. My photos have been on statewide news stations and have been in the底特律新闻andFree Press。我也有照片Daily Mail在英国。但不是为了射击图片。流行的个人资料和徽标Facebook page “Brotherhood of fire”Is also a photo I took. It was used on T-shirts to raise money for the Detroit Fire department by the National Firefighters Endowment.
FE：对有抱负的火photogs有任何建议吗？
IK:Tell the entire story…Not just the fires.
