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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Gestures
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Photography
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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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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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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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
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It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three.
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The best camera is the one you have with you.
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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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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.
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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.
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