Jay Maisel talks 65 Years of Shooting Photography, Cigars and Life on the Bowery

Jay Maisel and Amon met up for a fireside chat deep in the heart of midtown Manhattan. In this episode they talk about light, color, gesture, Arthur Miller, cigars, buying the “The Bank” also known as 190 Bowery, shooting 65 years worth of photography, editing and a new documentary by Stephen Wilkes called Jay Myself.

Big Love and Shout Out to Susan Norget Film Promotion

‘Red Wall and Rope’ photography by Jay Maisel

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‘Man with Headband’ photography by Jay Maisel

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Show Notes

• JAY MYSELF -Official Trailer
• https://www.facebook.com/JayMyselfLLC/
• The Surreal Experience
• First Impressions
• Paul Simon – Kodachrome (Official Audio)
• Paul Simon– Songwriter-Singer and Actor
• 65 years of shooting
• Writing about the slides
• Fine arts & visual form & content
• Editing
• Arthur Meyerson Studio Exhibit: Jay Maisel  50 Years. – 2004 Exhibit
• Arthur MeyersonPhotographer
• Houston Fotofest
• Man with Headband
• 99 out of 100
• “Seeing it is the first step to getting it…” Jay Maisel Quote
• How to take a great picture?
• Discernment

‘Miles Davis, Some Kind of Blue’ photography by Jay Maisel

• “If you are not your own severest critic then you are your own worst enemy” Jay Maisel Quote
• The difference between looking and seeing
• Disassembling 190 Bowery
• Drama vs. problem
• Stephen Wilkes– Director & Photographer
• Stephen Wilkes Website
• Bob Kato– Professor & Art Director
• Walk Slow
• “It is not how much ground you cover it is what you see, it is what you look at…” Jay Maisel Quote
• The Mercedes
• New Yorkers are very kind

‘Don’t Walk, Red’ (1981) photography by Jay Maisel

• Almost New York
• “New York is Manhattan.” Jay Maisel Quote
• Rent in New York
• Easier to live in New York
• Milgrim Department Store
• Jack Klein- Broker
• Jasper Johns– American painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Robert Indiana– Artist
• Robert Rauschenberg– American painter and graphic artist
• Provident Loan Society
• Katz Delicatessen
• Do you have more like this?
• The best view of NY
• I never took it for granted
• St. Patrick’s Day 1966

‘First Snow, Elizabeth St.’ photography by Jay Maisel

• Capturing the voices of New York
• Life’s A Trip Cover of New York Said: Volume Two
• Follow your Dreams Cover of New York Said: Volume One
• Spring & Elizabeth
• Ghosts Amid the Graffiti By Steven Kuruntz October 15, 2006
• John (JT) Simpson – Theatrical Set designer
• Candles in the Windows
• Public Art Movement
• JR– artist
• I am a collector
• Space and a view
• Cigars
• Sunday Cigar – Coming up in the Fall
• Juan Sanchez – Key Grip #6 (First New York Said Episode)
• Miles Davis, Some Kind of Blue
• Davidoff-Yamasa
• Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro
• “It must move you! If it doesn’t excite you,
this thing that you see,
why in the world would it excite me?” –Jay Maisel Quote
• “If it is worth shooting, it is worth shooting more than one frame.” –Jay Maisel Quote
• Dr. Strangelove
• “If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.” – Jay Maisel Quote
• Reading for 4 hours a day
• “What turns me on is kindness between people.” – Jay Maisel Quote

‘Girl with Bicycle Halo’ photography by Jay Maisel

• “I want to make the poem out of the evidence.” – Arthur Miller Quote
• Arthur Miller– American playwright, essayist
• Composition and Framing
• William Albert Allard– Photographer
• Twining
• Gesture
• “Learn to see what is actually in front of you.” – Jay Maisel Quote
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
• Ayn Rand– Russian American Writer and philosopher

‘Man Painting Ship’ photography by Jay Maisel

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