Ilvy Njiokiktjien wearing her Think Tank Photo bag on assignment in Peru.

What’s in your bag? VII photographers show us their gear

We asked to have a look inside some of VII photographers’ gear bags. From digital and analog setups, to a flashlight, fountain pen and even a bulletproof vest, here’s a closer look at what we found.

Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz’s bag.

• 2 Hasselblad Bodies 500 C/M, each with Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8 / f 80 mm and Prism View Finder
• Film Magazines A12
• Contax RTS, with Carl Zeiss Planar 1.4 / 50 mm
• Lunalight Gossen Exposure Meter
• Kodak Lens Cleaning Paper and Lens Cleaner (both extinct)
• Labels to protect exposed films (still useful for security check analog photography crash courses)
• Kodak 400 TX120 and 125PX (extinct)
• Kodax 400 TX
• Chemically resistant triple lab tags (for notebook and film processing)
• Notebooks
• Caran d’Ache Fountain Pen and Pencil
• Fenix Flashlight
• Leatherman (despite Swiss made Victorinox Multitool being a seductive alternative)