Background
N. Jay Jaffee was born in 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
N. Jay Jaffee was born in 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Jaffee received no formal training in photography.
He started using a camera in 1947, and met Sid Grossman at the Photo League in 1948 and Steichen in 1950. He works as a freelance photographer, a printing and graphic arts consultant, and also sells prints to collectors and museums.
His early production is documentary in style. He describes his photographic technique as reflecting "a sense of discovery and spontaneity."