John Loengard Quotes

If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.

Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment."

Often the tension that exists between the pictorial content of a photograph and its record of reality is the picture's true beauty.

Usually I think if there is something imperfect in a photograph it makes the picture more real. Photographs that are slick, smooth, and imperfect seem less honest to me.

Teachers don't work in the summer, and photographers don't shoot in in the middle of the day.