Commercial Photographer, USA
Jay Maisel’s name has become synonymous with light, gesture, and color. He started his professional career in 1954. His images have been used for advertising, editorial and corporate communications worldwide. In 1996 he stopped doing most commercial jobs in order to concentrate on his personal work. He has exhibited widely and his prints are in private, corporate and museum collections.
Among his awards are the ASMP Life Time Achievement award, ASMP Photographer of the Year, International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award, and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. A graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School, Cooper Union and Yale University, Jay conducts workshops, seminars and lectures around the world. His most recent books are Jay Maisel’s New York and an homage to the World Trade Center, A Tribute.
Awards:
Life Time Achievement Award, PPA, 2003
Life Time Achievement Award, ASMP 1996
The Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame, The Art Director’s Club 1995
Infinity Award for Applied Photography, ICP 1987
Gold Medal Award for Photography, Art Director’s Club of NY 1986 and 1987
Photographer of the Year ASMP 1986
The Newhouse Citation, Syracuse School of Public Communications 1979
Outstanding Achievement in Photography, ASMP 1978
Saint Gauden’s Medal, Cooper Union, 1977.
Shows:
Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, Turner’s Falls, MA 2006
Houston FotoFest, Houston, TX 2004
Banca Popolare Vincentina, Vicenza, Italy 1994
Light on America, ICP, NY, NY 1986
Photographers’ Gallery, London, England 1979
The Space Gallery, London, England 1979
Alternative Center for International Arts, NY, NY 1976
USIA Exhibit, USSR 1965
Limelight, NY, NY 1960 (B&W)
Roy de Caravas’ Photographers’ Gallery, NY, NY 1955 (B&W)