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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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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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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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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
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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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The best camera is the one you have with you.
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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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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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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 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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... 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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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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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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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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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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Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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