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Aug 19, 2009 23:25 | #1

Came across an image of an photojournalist in Kabul arguing with an Afghan policeman. What caught my eye was the heavy-duty Canon glass this guy has hanging on him, and how the lenses look like they've been beat up some.

Link is the New York Times' Lens blog

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com …-threat-to-photographers/

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Aug 20, 2009 01:36 | #2

He's in a war zone - things have a habit of getting "beat up some" around those places Those lenses are just tools to him

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Aug 20, 2009 01:50 | #3

Yikes -- talk about a difficult assignment!

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Aug 20, 2009 09:15 | #4

i'd do it in a heartbeat :-)

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Aug 20, 2009 09:26 | #5

Some of those pictures are unreal.

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Aug 20, 2009 09:49 | #6

I guess they still work.

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