Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Paul Caponigro

Paul Caponigro
Scotch Thistle and Heather, Rochester N.Y.
1958
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum


Paul Caponigro
Fishbone (Maine)
1962
gelatin silver print
Princeton University Art Museum

Paul Caponigro
Dutch Pipe Leaves
1963
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Cabbage Leaf, Winthrop, Massachusetts
1964
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland
1967
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Paul Caponigro
Donegal
1967
gelatin silver print
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Stonehenge
1967
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Redding Woods, Connecticut
1968
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Caponigro
Redding Woods, Connecticut
1969
gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
 
Paul Caponigro
Callanish Stone Circle, Hebrides
1972
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Paul Caponigro
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite
1974
gelatin silver print
Minneapolis Institute of Art

from Metamorphoses

Narcissus on the grassy Verdure lies:
But whilst within the Crystal Fount he tries
To quench his Heat, he feels new Heat arise.
For as his own bright Image he survey'd,
He fell in love with the fantastick Shade;
And o'er the fair Resemblance hung unmov'd,
Nor knew, fond Youth! it was himself he lov'd.
The well turn'd Neck and Shoulders he descries,
The spacious Forehead, and the sparkling Eyes;
The hands that Bacchus might not scorn to show,
And hair that round Apollo's Head might flow;
With all the Purple Youthfulness of Face,
That gently blushes in the wat'ry Glass.
By his own Flames consum'd the Lover lies,
And gives himself the Wound by which he dies.
To the cold Water oft he joins his Lips,
Oft catching at the beauteous Shade he dips
His Arms, as often from himself he slips.
Nor knows he who it is his Arms pursue
With eager Clasps, but loves he knows not who.

– Ovid (43 BC-AD 17), translated by Joseph Addison (1794)