21 Sep 10 Photographers on the things they don’t leave home without
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In this article I ask:
Beyond your camera and lenses, what one piece of kit do you consider to be essential to your practice and why?
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Lewis Bush
My own narrow and deeply subjective slant on the world.
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Cinzia D’Ambrosi
A notebook! It is an essential part of my kit for various reason.
I write the story that I am about to start taking photos of, my expectations, how I envision it, details of the people I have contacted, met, piece of writings on the subject etc. I write as much as possible throughout the time before, during and after a photo story.
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Jonathan Goldberg
I’m increasingly using a tripod – essential when making movies, and good when doing portraits as there is a better interaction with subject and the shoot becomes slower, more deliberate.
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Ingrid Guyon
Dialogue with the subject matter, for many reasons: to get to know them, to make sure they understand how the images will be used, to become part of the story.
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Eduardo Leal
My notebooks, it where all the ideas, thoughts and notes are. They are the back-up of my brain. In a more technical way, my laptop because it allows me to work anywhere.
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Claudia Leisinger
An audio recorder. Currently I own a Zoom H4N with small clip-on microphones.
I always record interviews and ambient audio when working on a story. I do this for my own memory and because it is another really important and potentially evocative storytelling element.
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Tim Mitchell
My mouth. It gets me into and out of some interesting situations. Or perhaps my carbon fibre tripod. Using a tripod effects the work produced, quite considerably.
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Hannah Mornement
A notebook. I like to record everything.
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Lucy Piper
My mouth! Because if I can’t convince people to let me photograph them, I wouldn’t have a lot of the photographs I do.
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Roberto Zampino
My backpack – I live with it. Wherever I go my orange dirty lower is with me, packed with cameras, lenses, underwear, socks and my books.
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