Paul John Jerome Caponigro (December 7, 1932 – November 10, 2024) was an American photographer, writer and pianist.
In 2001, Caponigro was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography.
[5] Paul John Jerome Caponigro was born in Boston on December 7, 1932, to Italian immigrant parents, and started having interests in photography at age 13.
In the 1960s Caponigro taught photography part-time at Boston University while consulting for the Polaroid Corporation on various technical research.
[citation needed] He died on November 10, 2024 at his home in Cushing, Maine from congestive heart failure at the age of 91.