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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
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Photography
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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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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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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You cannot accurately remember color.
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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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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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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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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 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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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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If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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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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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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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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You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
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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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