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Paul used Kodachrome 35 mm slide film for this image, and you can see why Simon and Garfunkel wrote a song about it.

The International Center for Photography says this about Paul Caponigro’s famous images of Stonehenge: “Caponigro is best known for his interest in natural forms, landscapes, and still lives. His subjects include Stonehenge and other Celtic megaliths of England and Ireland; the temples, shrines and sacred gardens of Japan; and the deep mystical woodland of New England.”

I met Caponigro, an American photographer,  while attending a course at the Maine Photographic Workshops.   He is a poet and a pianist, and I got to meet  him in his studio.   He kindly signed a book of his poems, and I was able to purchase one of his Stonehenge prints.  If any of you want to see it in our OG home, just email me.

As for dancing at Stonehenge, in the 1980’s a dance festival was held there, and there are photos to prove that.

SPRINGER AND CAGLE:

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Stonehenge, England. This photograph was made by Paul Goldfinger in 1990. He, himself, has been carbon dated, but the results haven’t been made public.  Click image for full view.

Stonehenge has been carbon dated back to 2,000-3,000 B.C. Human remains that old at the site suggest a burial ground. Today the Druids still worship there, and some of them even look Druish.

This photograph was accomplished with Kodachrome color slide film and still retains its quality over twenty years later. No wonder Paul Simon wrote a song about it.  (see below)   — Paul Goldfinger

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