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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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Brooklyn
New York
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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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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If you get lucky, you recognize what you are doing, but all too often we don't find the connection between our work and our own motivations.
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You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
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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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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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There really isn't anything that you could call 'bad' color. It all has to do with the amount of color you use and in what context it appears.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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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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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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Each picture you take has power as long as it brings experience to the person who’s looking at it.
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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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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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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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