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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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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
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One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when colors relate to other colors that the fun begins.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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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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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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Gesture is not always action.
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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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Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
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Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.
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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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... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.
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If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
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There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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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 are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans' and was wearing visual and emotional blinders that limited my perceptions and my vision.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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