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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Yorker
Photographer
Photography
Air
Unless
Believe

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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're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
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