The Man on the Ladder

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Man on the Ladder: In Clouds of Smoke and Steam He Faces the Fire Alone." Originally published in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Story titled "Fire-Fighters!", about fire fighters during the London Blitz. Caption in magazine reads: "All night long they have fought the fire. They have fought in the streets streaming with water. They have fought it within buildings blazing like a furnace. On to the flames they have poured a hundred thousand gallons of water, concentrated at colossal pressure. And still the fight goes on. From our rule of anonymity we except these pictures. They were taken by A. Hardy [sic], one of our own cameramen."

Photographer's stamp on verso.