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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.
Jay Maisel
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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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