Paul Caponigro is an American landscape photographer born in 1932 who began photographing nature at age 13. Over his nearly 50-year career, Caponigro has become renowned as one of America's foremost landscape photographers, known for his intuitive approach to capturing nature in black and white photographs that emphasize simplicity and detail. He has exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad and received honors including two Guggenheim fellowships and three NEA grants.

1. Paul Caponigro
Little Bit About Him:
 Born in Boston in 1932.
 He is renowned as one of America’s most significant master photographers.
 When he was thirteen, he began to explore the world around him with his camera.
 Has a career spanning nearly fifty years.
 He is currently regarded as one of America’s foremost landscape photographers.
 He approaches nature receptively, preferring to utilize an intuitive focus rather than merely arranging
or recording forms and surface details.
 He has exhibited and taught throughout the United States and abroad.
 Recipient of two Guggenheim fellowships and three National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants.
Examples of his work above and to the left.
My replicas of his style.
I think that they replicate his style well as they
are simple, and they are close ups of the flowers
and are done in black and white so it shows all
the detail well.

2. This photo shows a simple image of a
flower, its kind of a close up of the
flower, its in black and white as to
bring more of a simple effect I think. I
think this image is about the simplicity
of the world, and that there are
beauties in our world that perhaps we
don't appreciate unless we see it in a
photograph. Also I think maybe it
might mean that he’s trying to show
that simple thinks can have as much of
an effect as complex photos. This
photo would have been quite simple to
take, perhaps he might of used
Photoshop to edit it, but I think this was probably done all by him, by just taking the photo. I think
looking at this photo makes you feel relaxed as it’s quite calming with the fact that its black and
white and that there isn't anything to really think about, it’s very simple to see what the photo is all
about.
Definitely going to continue exploring in his
style as I think that it has real potential as there
are many things that could be done with this. As
there are many different types of flowers, also I
could experiment with putting things in the
background to bring more of a depth to the
photo.