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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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I take pictures, and they are there for the taking. I'll tell you a quote that I have always thought about. Arthur Miller said, I try to create the poem from the evidence.
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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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.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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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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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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I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer.
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There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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You cannot accurately remember color.
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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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Gesture is not always action.
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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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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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First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't give up.
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The awareness of the quality of space in out photos is akin to our awareness of the very air in our photos, the atmosphere that pervades every square inch of our image and yet is often invisible to the photographer.
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Since the background is as important as the subject, you mustn't let it default by chance. You must control not only vertical and horizontal, you must be aware of the depth of field (or lack of it) that you want in the background.
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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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