“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.” IfsThinkingRealSeemsHonestPhotographImperfectSmoothSlick Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
“When I teach a class I often give the assignment: Photograph someone you love. I ask people to do this so they have a subject about whom they have feelings, a subject that is more than a model, or an object, or a shape, or an idea. In this way, they can judge the result not only by its technical success, but also by how well it describes their feelings.” PeopleWayGivingWellsIdeasFeelingsAsksResultsClassTeachSubjectsObjectsJudgingShapesModelsPhotographAssignmentsOne You LoveSomeone You Love Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
“The fact is that the camera is literal if anything, which gives it something in common with a thermometer... Often the tension that exists between the pictorial content of a photograph and its record of reality is the picture's true beauty. There is sleight of hand in photography... you make the viewer think he's seeing everything while at the same time you make him realize he's not. I try to make my pictures seem reasonable and then, at the last minute, pull the rug from beneath the viewer's feet, very gently so there's a little thrill.” IfsThinkingGivingTryingLittlesFactsHandsRealitySeemsLastsRealizingCommonRecordsSeeingFeetMinutesPhotographyCamerasPhotographTensionReasonableThrillViewersLiteralTrue BeautyLast MinutePictorialThermometersSleight Of Hand Author:John Loengard
“Often the tension that exists between the pictorial content of a photograph and its record of reality is the picture's true beauty.” RealityRecordsPhotographTensionTrue BeautyPictorialThermometers Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
“There are two kinds of photographs: mine and other people's. I never think of what I might do myself when I look at someone else's pictures... there is no subject in the world I have ever wanted to photograph. It's the picture, not the object, that is important to me.” PeopleThinkingWorldLooksKindTwoImportantMightWantedSubjectsObjectsMinesPhotograph Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
“In a painting no one complains that the subject is posed, but everybody complains about what looks posed in a photograph. Except, I've found that if I go very close in to the face, then the posed expression no longer exists. The face becomes a landscape of the lakes of the eyes and the hills of the nose and the valley of the cleft of the chin.” IfsLooksEyeFacesFoundSubjectsPaintingExpressionPhotographComplainingHillsLandscapeNosesLakesValleysChins Author:John Loengard
“When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual.” WantLightLanguagePleasePhotographUnusualWant MeFrighteningEnglish LanguageYou Want MeDo You Want Me Author:John Loengard
“Perishability in a photograph is important in a picture. If a photograph looks perishable we say, "Gee, I'm glad I have that moment."” IfsLooksImportantMomentsPhotographyPhotographGladThat Moment Book:Pictures under discussion Source: Pictures under discussion
