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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Home
Every
Climax
Photographer
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Photography

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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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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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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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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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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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When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.
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Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans' and was wearing visual and emotional blinders that limited my perceptions and my vision.
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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are open and available to you.
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