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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.

Jay Maisel

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Begins
Mean
Photographer
Photography
Color
Vacuums
Fun
Vacuum
Colors
Alone
Acts
Means
Relate
Nothing

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