Obscura Gallery is honored to announce a solo retrospective
photographic exhibition of landscapes and still lifes by Paul
Caponigro, one of the world's most significant master photographers
still working today. The nearly 50 black and white images in the
exhibition include work from as early as 1957and encompasshis
extensive career photographing in the Southwest, California, and New
England, as well as Irelandand England.The show includesa selection of
Paul’s most iconic images as well as images that have never before
been exhibited. Paul Caponigro was born in Boston in 1932 and spent a
good portion of his young life in the creative arts. At the age of
thirteen he became interested in photography, while also developing a
strong passion for music. At the age of 18, he studied at the Boston
University College of Music before deciding to focus on photography on
the opposite coast at the California School of Fine Art, where Ansel
Adams had established one of the first photography programs in the
United States. Despite this 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. When asked in what way, he replied, “The
patterns of thefrost on a window give me the same feeling as musical
notes when played on the piano...to this day my images of frost on
windows continue to be my favorites for this reason.” One of the
earliest prints we have in the exhibition is of frost on a window
takenin 1957 in Ipswich, Massachusetts and reflects the emotion Paul
speaks of. Caponigro is best known for spiritual renditions that occur
in natural forms, landscapes, and still lifes. His thirst for majestic
subject matter has taken him to Stonehenge and other Celtic megaliths
of England and Ireland; the temples, shrines and sacred gardens of
Japan; the deep mystical woodlands of New England, and the coastal and
grand landscapes of California. These subjects have culminated into
over a dozen books by the artist published throughout the span of his
career. Visit Website
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