Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Ocean Grove photographs, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Good friends in Ocean Grove on March 3, 2026|
Auditorium Park. The Ocean Grove Underground. The new OG. September 1, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger. Click once.
RAY CHARLES AND NORA JONES:
Wouldn’t you love to hear that organ part in the Great Auditorium?
Bring back the secular concerts–they are missed.
We saw Ray Charles play the GA, also Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Neil Sedaka, Johnny Mathis, ABBA, Beach-boys, Doo Wops, and so many more.
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Ocean Grove photographs, Photography, tagged Photography on Blogfinger on October 22, 2025|
Place des Vosges, Paris. By Paul Goldfinger. Shot with film.
Those of you who follow this blog know that one of our themes is photography. We are interested in all sorts of photo works including news, Ocean Grove and fine arts. The bottom line is that we have high standards in terms of quality, but don’t worry about whether your pictures are good enough; if you like them, just email them to us and we will try to use them.
We like to show images of the Grove, especially those that capture the lifestyle of our unique town. Photography helps us dispel the stereotypes that, for example, would call us “Ocean Grave.” We encourage citizens to send us news photos or just pictures around town that illustrate something special. We tend not to use pictures of places that have been photographed thousands of times before, like the fishing pier or the Great Auditorium, but if you have an unusual take on those subjects, then try us.
One photographer said that she hadn’t send us pictures because she thought that we only posted scenics. The fact is that will consider any subject matter from any place.
One Grover, Erik Landsberg, who works at MOMA, was able to arrange for us to post an image by the great American artist Walker Evans which Evans had shot on Ocean Pathway; I think it was in the 1930’s. That was special. Sometimes we like to discuss the great masters and post their photographs along with those of amateurs.
If you have an image that is a print, lend it to us so that we can scan it for digital use. We also are interested in the unique opportunities offered by digital cameras, especially cell phones like the iPhone, which takes wonderful pictures, and you can experiment with photo apps.
Cell phone photograph with imaging app by Paul Goldfinger
We welcome your input. Go ahead, take your best shot and make our day.
Paul Goldfinger, photo editor at. Blogfinger
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Ocean Grove photographs, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, tagged St.Paul's Place in Ocean Grove on March 20, 2025|
Nocturnal Ocean Grove. By Paul Goldfinger.
DON AZPIAZU AND THE HAVANA CASINO ORCHESTRA: “Sabrosona” (tr. “tasty”)
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, tagged A derelict house is not a home, Long Valley, Long Valley NJ on January 23, 2024| 1 Comment »
Farm house. Long Valley, New Jersey. 2014. By Paul Goldfinger ©
Do you think that this house was once a home where lovers comforted each other? Who lived here and when? How did it become a “derelict house?” They all have stories to tell. —–Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net
MILDRED BAILEY:
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Ocean Grove photographs, tagged John Zorn, Samba at the Pavilion on August 27, 2023|
Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Photo by Paul Goldfinger Click to make larger.
JOHN ZORN. “Zhakor” from the album Filmworks Xiv
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Canadian sunset on Blogfinger on May 2, 2023|
Thousand Islands, Canada. By Paul Goldfinger, Kodachrome film. Undated. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge.
ANDY WILLIAMS
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove feature article, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove on April 22, 2023|
Firemen’s Park. Ocean Grove. January 10. 2016 Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
RENEE OLSTEAD
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Bradley Beach connection, tagged Bradley Beach kids on March 19, 2023|
Green procession on Main Street, Bradley Beach. 7/23/15. Blogfinger.net photo . Click to enlarge.
KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE: “Green, Green Rocky Road.”
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, tagged Beautiful Boy on January 30, 2023| 10 Comments »
Noah Michael Goldfinger at Jersey Shore University Hospital. 3:57 pm. April 16, 2018. Blogfinger photograph. There were heavy rains with flooding that day.
Noah, welcome to the world. April 17, 2018. Grandpa’s got you. Blogfinger photograph.
JOHN LENNON “Beautiful Boy.”
“Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster’s gone
He’s on the run and your daddy’s here”
Posted in Blogfinger photo news, Blogfinger Photograph, Fascinating Ocean Grovers, Grovers Around Town gallery, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Moe Demby Blogfinger staff on November 30, 2022|
Moe Demby, Blogfinger reporter/photographer, visits the OG beach with Chico on a quiet late afternoon in April. 2015. BF photo.
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB “Veinte Anos” (Twenty Years)
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Photograph, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, Photography: Zombie Walk Asbury park, Zombie Walk Asbury Park, tagged Ruby Adeline by Minnie Driver, Zombie Parade 2014 on July 19, 2022|
Zombie Walk. #2. Asbury Park. October 4, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge.
MINNIE DRIVER from her album Everything I’ve Got in my Pocket.
“Ruby Adeline”
Posted in Beachfront report, Blogfinger photo news, Blogfinger Photograph, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Bob Bowné, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, tagged Bob Bowné photographs in Ocean Grove, Cold and snow in Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove weather on May 26, 2022| 6 Comments »
Victorian dusting. By Bob Bowné. Ocean Grove. Feb 3, 2015. © Special to Blogfinger.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Re-post.
Paul, Good morning.
I shoot the same things, over and over, but they always look a little different.
Snow on the beach….we got another dusting yesterday afternoon/evening.
Made for a pretty dawn this morning… Eleven degrees. Froze the locks and windows on my car!
Catch some sun for me ….put it in a bottle and throw it in the Ocean…maybe it will come my way.
Bob, reporting from Ocean Grove beachfront and Ocean Pathway.
By Bob Bowné. Ocean Grove. Feb 3, 2015. Special to Blogfinger ©
THE BAND PERRY. 2015 Grammy nominee.
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, tagged Anna Murphey, April Snow by Dorothy Fields, Hardwick New Jersey on April 3, 2022| 1 Comment »
Early morning April snow. Hardwick, New Jersey. Warren County. April 1, 2015. By Anna Murphey, Blogfinger photographer at home.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net
Anna Murphey was a retired newspaper photographer. She enjoyed visiting Ocean Grove and she contributed photos to Blogfinger.
This scene shows her home in Hardwick, a small rural town of about 1,700 people.
BARBARA COOK from a collection of works by Dorothy Fields.