Jay Maisel Passes Away
p.1 #1Jay Maisel Passes Away
Prolific photographer Jay Maisel has passed away at age 95. His photograph of Miles Davis used for the album "Kind of Blue" was criticized for it being slightly put of focus. His response was, "That's what makes it art!" a refrain we hear often in the film forum.
He also had a quiz. Do you like photographing or do you like photographs?
Like Mr Maisel, I enjoy the activity of photographing. The pictures are a bonus.
He also had a quiz. Do you like photographing or do you like photographs?
Like Mr Maisel, I enjoy the activity of photographing. The pictures are a bonus.
Sep 11, 2026 at 04:40 PM
p.1 #2Jay Maisel Passes Away
madNbad wrote:
Prolific photographer Jay Maisel has passed away at age 95. His photograph of Miles Davis used for the album "Kind of Blue" was criticized for it being slightly put of focus. His response was, "That's what makes it art!" a refrain we hear often in the film forum.
He also had a quiz. Do you like photographing or do you like photographs?
Like Mr Maisel, I enjoy the activity of photographing. The pictures are a bonus.
I didn't know much about him when he heard that he had passed. I checked out his work after and found I really enjoyed it. One of my favorites was this one: https://www.jaymaisel.com/collections/humor01.
It's kind of a clunky way of putting it but I find his work has a certain frankness to it, and what I really like about that is he treats that fairly neutrally in his compositions. There's a very wide range of expressions and emotions in his work that comes from that.
Also, his website is one of the best I've gone to from the big photographers. A lot of them make you work to see the photos, his is the opposite of that.
Prolific photographer Jay Maisel has passed away at age 95. His photograph of Miles Davis used for the album "Kind of Blue" was criticized for it being slightly put of focus. His response was, "That's what makes it art!" a refrain we hear often in the film forum.
He also had a quiz. Do you like photographing or do you like photographs?
Like Mr Maisel, I enjoy the activity of photographing. The pictures are a bonus.
I didn't know much about him when he heard that he had passed. I checked out his work after and found I really enjoyed it. One of my favorites was this one: https://www.jaymaisel.com/collections/humor01.
It's kind of a clunky way of putting it but I find his work has a certain frankness to it, and what I really like about that is he treats that fairly neutrally in his compositions. There's a very wide range of expressions and emotions in his work that comes from that.
Also, his website is one of the best I've gone to from the big photographers. A lot of them make you work to see the photos, his is the opposite of that.
Sep 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
p.1 #3Jay Maisel Passes Away
Heard him speak at Photo Plus in NY several times. Wish I could have attended his workshop in his bank building. I’ve always been amazed at his vision. Great photographer who saw things others missed.
Sep 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
p.1 #4Jay Maisel Passes Away
I like his stuff. 95 is a good run. I’m sure he’s snapping pictures right now of whatever’s next…
Sep 12, 2026 at 06:44 AM
p.1 #5Jay Maisel Passes Away
Surfnsun wrote:
I like his stuff. 95 is a good run. I’m sure he’s snapping pictures right now of whatever’s next…
Apparently everyone is handed a Holga at the pearly gates.
RIP Mr Maisel, you took some awesome pics.
I like his stuff. 95 is a good run. I’m sure he’s snapping pictures right now of whatever’s next…
Apparently everyone is handed a Holga at the pearly gates.
RIP Mr Maisel, you took some awesome pics.
Sep 12, 2026 at 01:42 PM