Paul Cava (born 1949 in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

) is an American artist photographer and private photography dealer and publisher. He currently lives and works in

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Bala Cynwyd ( ) is a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. It is located on the Philadelphia Main Line in Southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at U.S. Route 1 (City Avenue). It was originally two sep ...

. He received his BA in Cinematography from Richmond College CUNY in 1972 and his MFA in Photography from the

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private research university in the town of Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional ...

in 1975. Cava has exhibited paintings, drawings and photo-based works since 1976. Cava is also notable for his two decades (1979–1999) of owning and operating the Paul Cava Gallery in Philadelphia. His gallery exhibited work by various artists including Robert Mapplethorpe, Ray Metzker,

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, Lynn Davis,

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, Irving Penn,

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, and

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. Cava's work has been collected by

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, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The

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Museum of Art, and The

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, Paris.

Publications

*Collodion Visions: Large Plate Tintypes From The Collection of Paul Cava, Bala Cynwyd, PA, 2010 *Eyemazing Magazine, Issue 03-2009, Portfolio of tintype collection with interview *Eyemazing Magazine, Issue 02-2006, Cover and portfolio *Walt Whitman & Paul Cava, Children of Adam from Leaves of Grass, edition Galerie Vevais, Germany in 2005 *Paul Cava, Recent Work, Seraphin Gallery in 2001 *Love and Desire, Curated and edited by William Ewing in 1999 *Paul Cava, Paintings and Drawings, Ganser Gallery,

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in 1997 *Tradition And The Unpredictable,

, Texas in 1994 *Searching Out The Best, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts,

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, Pennsylvania in 1988 *Still Modern After All These Years, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia in 1982

External links

Paul Cava Personal ArtPaul Cava Fine Art PhotographsGallery 339Eyemazing Editions
1949 births Living people People from Brooklyn American photographers College of Staten Island alumni Rochester Institute of Technology alumni People from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania {{US-photographer-stub