Jay Maisel is an American photographer who was born January 18th, 1931. Maisel studied painting and graphic design at Manhattan's Cooper Union and at Yale University, and became a photographer in 1954. One of Maisel's most known images is his photograph of Miles Davis that appeared on the cover of Davis's album Kind of Blue. His awards include the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Media Photographers, and the Infinity Award of the International Center of Photography.