Jay Maisel
Encyclopedia
American Society of Media Photographers
The American Society of Media Photographers, abbreviated ASMP, is a trade association of professional photographers, including many photojournalists but also experts in architectural, underwater, culinary and advertising photography and other specialties as well...
http://www.asmp.org/pdfs/bulletins/1998/janfeb98.pdf, and the Infinity Award of the International Center of Photography
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2461187/k.FD49/Past_Recipients_19851995.htm. Maisel primarily shoots with a Nikon D3
Nikon D3
The Nikon D3 is a 12.1 megapixel professional grade full frame digital single lens reflex camera announced by the Nikon Corporation on 23 August 2007 along with the Nikon D300 DX format camera. The D3, along with the Nikon D3X, was a flagship model in Nikon's line of DSLRs, superseding the D2Hs...
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Maisel studied painting and graphic design at Manhattan's Cooper Union
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...
and at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and became a photographer in 1954.
Works by Jay Maisel are in the ASMP Collection at George Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
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One of Maisel's most famous images is his photograph of Miles Davis that appeared on the cover of Davis's album Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959...
. In 2009, an image based on the original Kind of Blue album cover was created for the cover of a chiptune
Chiptune
A chiptune, also known as chip music, is synthesized electronic music often produced with the sound chips of vintage computers and video game consoles, as well as with other methods such as emulation. In the early 1980s, personal computers became cheaper and more accessible than they had previously...
tribute album titled "Kind of Bloop". Attorneys representing Maisel demanded damages and that the resulting image be removed from the chiptune album, resulting in an out-of-court settlement of $32,500 from the album's producer.
Maisel lives with his family in the historic Germania Bank Building
Germania Bank Building (New York)
The former Germania Bank building is an impressive Beaux Arts-style structure prominently located at 190 Bowery, on the northwest corner of the Bowery and Spring Street in Manhattan. Built in 1898-99 to the designs of architect Robert Maynicke, it was the third home of the Germania Bank, which was...
in lower Manhattan. Built in 1898, the 35000 square feet (3,251.6 m²) single-family mansion contains 72 rooms over six floors. Maisel purchased the building in 1966 for $102,000 when the neighborhood was in severe decline. The building's value estimated at $30 to $50 million in 2008. New York Magazine called it "the greatest real-estate coup of all time."
External links
- Art Directors Club
- Jay Maisel official site
- ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers)
- International Center of Photography