The Flumes Great Basin, White Mts, New Hampshire 1960

(copyright by Paul Caponigro/respective copyright holders)

Of all my photographs, the ones that have the most meaning for me are those
I was moved to make from a certain vantage point, at a certain moment and no other, and for which I did not draw on my abilities to fabricate a picture, composition-wise or other-wise. You might say that I was taken in. Who or what takes one to a vantage point or moves one at a certain moment is a mystery to me. I have always felt after such experiences that there was more than myself
involved. It is not chance. It happens often.