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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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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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You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
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The awareness of the quality of space in out photos is akin to our awareness of the very air in our photos, the atmosphere that pervades every square inch of our image and yet is often invisible to the photographer.
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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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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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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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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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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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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 one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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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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I take pictures, and they are there for the taking. I'll tell you a quote that I have always thought about. Arthur Miller said, I try to create the poem from the evidence.
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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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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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You cannot accurately remember color.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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