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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Photographer
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One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when colors relate to other colors that the fun begins.
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If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
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... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.
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If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
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There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
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If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
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Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.
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Some have said that if you take a great picture in color and take away the color, you'll have a great black-and-white picture. But if you're shooting something about color and you take away the color, you'll have nothing.
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I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer.
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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