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Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it changes as it becomes larger in size.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Color
Seductive
Becomes
Colors
Upon
Larger
Fall
Falling
Light
Photographer
Size
Changes
Photography
Interacts

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