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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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Brooklyn
New York
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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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.
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Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.
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... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.
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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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You cannot accurately remember color.
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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are open and available to you.
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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
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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.
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When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.
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Color really doesn't have interaction if it's full of colors. It's the interaction or relationship among or between colors that makes a color image. This usually happens with a few colors, not a glut of them.
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If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
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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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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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