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What not to bring to Tahrir square: NYT photog on his Egypt gear kit

“It is rare that the most important piece of equipment in your bag is the bag itself, even more rare for that bag to be a black plastic trash sack slung over your shoulder as you walk past pro-government thugs on a bridge over the River Nile. The trash bag’s purpose, of course, is to conceal your large nylon camera bag, which is likely to get you grabbed off the street by the aforementioned thugs.”—Stephen Farrell of the New York Times, in a photo-essay detailing his conflict zone gear kit.

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