John Loengard

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John Borg Loengard (September 5, 1934 – May 24, 2020) was an American photographer.[1] He worked at Life magazine from 1961, and was its picture editor from 1973 to 1987.[2] He taught at the International Center of Photography and at The New School for Social Research. He was born in New York City.

Loengard died on May 24, 2020 in New York City of heart failure, aged 85.[3]

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  1. "John Loengard on sixty years shooting the most famous faces of our time". Huck Magazine. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. Chancellor, Alexander (19 November 2005). "Alexander Chancellor talks to photographer John Loengard". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-25 – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. John Loengard, Life Photographer and Chronicler, Dies at 85 at The New York Times