Showcase: Channeling Caponigro – Lens

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Paul Caponigro, the 77-year-old master photographer, settled into his chair and lit a cigarette, assuring his interviewer, Michael Torosian, that smoking helped him think. After each question was posed, Mr. Caponigro took a drag, exhaled a spiraling cloud of smoke and only then began to speak. This rhythm continued as he and Mr. Torosian spoke about his photography, philosophy, the Boston of his childhood and classical music.

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