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The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

Jay Maisel

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Light
Photographer
Also
Exists
Everywhere
Drama
Photography
Dark
Gone
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