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Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

American, 1932-2024
Born in Boston in 1932, Paul Caponigro is one of America’s foremost landscape photographers. While he became interested in photography at age of thirteen, he also had a strong passion for music; he studied at Boston University College of Music in 1950 before deciding to focus on photography at the California School of Fine Art, where Ansel Adams had established one of the first photography programs in the United States. Despite the shift from music to photography early in his artistic career, Caponigro remains a dedicated piano player who believes that his musical training and insight influences his photographic imagery. Caponigro is best known for his interest in natural forms, landscapes, and still lives. His subjects include Stonehenge and other Celtic megaliths of England and Ireland; the temples, shrines and sacred gardens of Japan; and the deep mystical woodland of New England. His had his first solo exhibition at the George Eastman House in 1958 and his work has been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. Throughout the 1960s he was a part-time teacher at Boston University while consulting on various technical research projects with the Polaroid Corporation. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and three National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants. In recognition of a career spanning nearly seventy years and a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography, Caponigro was awarded The Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship in 2001. Renske van Leeuwen
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Artist: Paul Caponigro
Sunflower - Unique
Sunflower - Unique

Sunflower - Unique

By Paul Caponigro

Located in Carmel, CA

Hand printed by Paul Caponigro Rare signed in pencil on lower right of mat board

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1970s Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Rock Wall, West Hartford, Connecticut

Rock Wall, West Hartford, Connecticut

By Paul Caponigro

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Signed on the front of the mount. Paper mount size: 18 x 22". Printed later.

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20th Century Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Galaxy Apple

Galaxy Apple

By Paul Caponigro

Located in Carmel, CA

Signed in pencil on verso. Loose Print Matted on board

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1960s Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sunflower, Winthrop, Maine
Sunflower, Winthrop, Maine

Sunflower, Winthrop, Maine

By Paul Caponigro

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Signed on the front of the mount. Titled, dated in pencil on back of mount. Paper mount size: 16 x 13"; Overmat size: 20 x 16".

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20th Century Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Galaxy Apple, New York City

Galaxy Apple, New York City

By Paul Caponigro

Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Signed on back of print. Overmat size: 20 x 16". Printed later.

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20th Century Paul Caponigro Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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