Paul Caponigro

Tree and Clouds, Rochester, New York

Maker

Paul Caponigro (American, b. 1932 in Massachusetts)

Title

Tree and Clouds, Rochester, New York
from Portfolio One

Year

1957

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

24.1 x 22.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in pencil beneath image LR:Paul Caponigro Titled, signed and dated in pencil on verso

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts

Object Number

74.019

Type

Exhibition History

Take Care
Aug 20, 2022 – Mar 22, 2023

Label copy

In the early 1900s, photography became widely popular in the United States, due in large part to the release of the Brownie camera by the Eastman Kodak Company. This inexpensive new technology meant great things for photography as an accessible art form, but terrible things for the environment. As photography companies looked for ways to dispose of their waste, much of it ended up in nature—the very thing celebrated and promoted by landscape photographers such as Paul Caponigro. This is well illustrated by the high-contrast style in this image: a dark sky hangs over a bright, noble tree.

–Sionan Guenther, associate registrar, digital resources

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Tombstone

Paul Caponigro (American, b. 1932 in Massachusetts)
Tree and Clouds, Rochester, New York; from Portfolio One, 1957
Gelatin silver print
24.1 x 22.2 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches) (plate)
Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts 74.019

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