Jay Maisel (born January 18, 1931) is an American photographer. His awards include the

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, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the

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and the Infinity Award from the

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Biography

Maisel (pronounced may'-zel') was born on January 18, 1931, in

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and attended Abraham Lincoln High School where he studied under

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. He studied painting and graphic design at Manhattan's

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and at

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, and became a photographer in 1954. One of Maisel's most notable images is his photograph of

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that appears on the cover of Davis's album ''

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'' (1959). In 2009,

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commissioned an image based on the original ''Kind of Blue'' album cover for the cover of a

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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 Baio. For almost 50 years Maisel lived with his family in the historic Germania Bank Building on

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in lower

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. Built in 1898, the building contains 72 rooms over six floors. Maisel purchased the building in 1966 for $102,000 when the neighborhood was in severe decline. He used it as a single-family residence and studio. The building's value was estimated at $30 to $50 million in 2008. ''New York'' magazine called it "maybe the greatest real-estate coup of all time". It cost $300,000 annually to maintain, including heat and taxes. In February 2015, the building was sold for $55 million to developer

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. A 2019 film, ''

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'',

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Maisel's life and his move from the building. Maisel's new residence, a nearly 27-foot-wide townhouse in a

historic district, is three stories tall with a full, finished basement; it has six bedrooms, six full baths and two half-baths and an elevator, over about 10,000 square feet of space. The annual taxes on the house, which had a $16 million asking price, are $22,548.68.

Awards

*Lifetime Achievement Award from the

* Infinity Award from the

*In 2020 Maisel was inducted into the

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References

External links

* 1931 births Living people American photographers Artists from Brooklyn {{US-photographer-stub