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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Failing
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Trying

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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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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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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're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
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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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Gesture is not always action.
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You cannot accurately remember color.
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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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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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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There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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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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