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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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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Photography
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Many
Feel
Feels
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Always
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Pictures
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