Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it changes as it becomes larger in size.
Jay MaiselYou sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.
Jay MaiselGesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.
Jay MaiselWe have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as we can.
Jay MaiselYou find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.
Jay Maisel