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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.

Jay Maisel

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Photography
Open
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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 pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.
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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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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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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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... 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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There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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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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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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Gesture is not always action.
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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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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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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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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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