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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
Color
Vacuums
Fun
Vacuum
Alone
Colors
Means
Acts
Nothing
Relate
Mean
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Photography

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