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Jay Maisel, a cigar-chomping giant of photography, has died

He photographed Marilyn Monroe and took the cover photo for Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue.” For 50 years, he lived in a vast graffiti-covered bank building.

12 September 2026Live

Sources

The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/09/12/jay-maisel-cigar-chomping-giant-photography-has-died/

He photographed Marilyn Monroe and took the cover photo for Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue.” For 50 years, he lived in a vast graffiti-covered bank building.

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