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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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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three.
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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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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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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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