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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
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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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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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.
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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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