December 7, 2011. Pearl Harbor Day remembrance in Ocean Grove. Note damage to fishing pier due to Hurricane Irene. (8/11) Paul Goldfinger photo © Left click for full view.
THEME FROM “BAND OF BROTHERS.” The Band of H.M. Royal Marines:
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Pearl Harbor Day in Ocean Grove
Posted in Music from the movies, Ocean Grove photographs, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Pearl Harbor Day in Ocean Grove- New Jersey on May 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The Italian Riviera (Cinque Terre)
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Cingue Terra Italy, The Italian Riviera in black and white on May 7, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Vernazza, Italy. Silver gelatin print. By Paul Goldfinger © Click left for full view
RONALD NALDI (Tenor from Ocean Grove and the Metropolitan Opera)
Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, Southwest France
Posted in Music, Photographic Gallery, Black and White on April 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
St-Emilion, France. Growers of Bordeaux wine. by Paul Goldfinger © Silver gelatin print. Left click for full view.
RINA KETTY. ”J’attendrai”
Night at Days—-you are the one
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Days will open soon, Leon Redbone in the Grove and the Groove on April 13, 2013 |
Three Graces: Florence, Italy
Posted in Blogfinger News, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Italy, The Three Graces in Florence on April 11, 2013 |
Three Graces. Roman 2nd century. Florence, Italy. By Paul Goldfinger © Silver gelatin print.
CACHAO (the great Cuban bassist) : The title or lyrics are not important. We need a special musical reflection to provide a soundtrack for these “Three Graces” who somehow still seem alive, 2000 years after they were frozen in time by an unknown artist. It seems appropriate that they stand above everyone in a magnificent setting in Florence.
Jersey Shore Gallery: Keansburg
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Jersey Shore Gallery--Keansburg on April 4, 2013 |
Keansburg, New Jersey. c. 1996. By Paul Goldfinger © Silver gelatin print. Left click for full view
MARIA MULDAUR. With a dose of optimism: “On the sunny side of the street” from the album On the Sunny Side
Editor’s note: Keansburg suffered significant damage with Sandy. This amusement park was devastated. —PG
Jersey Shore Gallery: Sunset Park
Posted in Asbury Connection, Music: The Power to Enchant, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged MUSIC: Bruce Springsteen, Photo: Asbury Park on March 17, 2013 |
Sunset Park, Asbury Park, New Jersey. 2013
By Paul Goldfinger © Left click for full view.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day.”
Spring Hope Six
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Just a closer walk with thee., Spring Hope--North Carolina on March 13, 2013 |
Spring Hope Six. North Carolina. March, 2013. By Paul Goldfinger © Left click for full view
FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA. “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.”
New York Kids
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Photo: New York Kids on March 4, 2013 |
New York City, 2011. By Paul Goldfinger. New York Street Series ©
By Paul Goldfinger
We lived in New York City for five years from 1966-1971. One of the things I always liked was to observe the New York kids. They become so worldly and confident at an early age there. Our part of town was the upper east side at the border with “Spanish Harlem” at 97th Street and Park Avenue.
We loved to take long walks in Central Park, Yorkville (in the ‘80’s,) and on the avenues (especially Madison, Lexington, 3rd, 2nd, 1st and 5th). In the fancier neighborhoods, the kids would wear their private school uniforms, while the kids from the Puerto Rican neighborhoods would wear Catholic school uniforms or a variety of other clothes, but they all shared their comfort level in the big city.
When our son Stephen was about three year old, he ran away from Eileen on Madison Avenue. Then he disappeared. When she finally caught up with him, she found him in a shop having a snack. The proprietor said to Eileen, “He said he was hungry.” He, like other New York kids, was not intimidated by adults. (see photo of him below, taken at Park and 96th Street). Today, as an adult, he still talks to anybody.
Conversations on Madison Avenue. PG photo
The photograph on top was made a couple of years ago on 5th Avenue, a few blocks off Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. I saw these siblings hanging around while their Mom was fiddling with her camera. Her shot was more posed. Street scenes have to be candid if they are to have any life.
KEVIN KLINE AND CAST FROM THE MOVIE “DE-LOVELY” This is some advice for kids:
Boats Docked on the River Seine
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Dizzy Gillespie, Photo: Isle de la Cite--Paris on March 3, 2013 |
Boats are docked next to the Isle de la Cite which is one of two islands in the Seine. Paris. By Paul Goldfinger ©
Paris has a tradition of romance and jazz. If you can park your boat on the banks of Isle de la Cite, you can light some candles and relax on the deck at night . While watching the lights of Paris, open a bottle of Champagne and turn on Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker playing Jerome Kern’s ”All the Things You Are.” After that, anything goes…
Beyond the Sea
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Bobby Darin: Beyond the Sea on March 2, 2013 |
Flying Down to Rio—”Orchids in the Moonlight”
Posted in Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Flying Down to Rio with Rudy Valee, Phalaenopsis orchids on display, Victor Youmans music on March 1, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Phalaenopsis–the “moth orchid.” Bronx Botanical Gardens. By Paul Goldfinger. 2008. ©
I rarely photograph flowers (that’s Eileen’s job,) but a friend once challenged me to prove that a black and white photograph of a flower could be appealing. Sometimes color isn’t the answer and that is why I gave up on color for many years….until Blogfinger.
In 1933, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in a film called “Flying Down to Rio.” Victor Youmans (“No,No Nanette”) wrote the music, and “Orchids in the Moonlight” became a hit, done as a tango. Many artists recorded this song, but this version is from the “Victor Youmans Song Book” with Rudy Vallee:
