The pre-digital equipment used by wire service photographers

In a blog post for the Dallas Morning News, former AFP photographer Chris Wilkins provides a retro version of our regular “What’s in your bag?” feature, offering a run-through of the sorts of back-breaking equipment used by wire service photographers in the pre-digital era. Setting aside the cameras themselves, AFP photographers back in 1986 were required to carry five large plastic cases containing darkroom equipment and chemicals.