Paul Goldfinger ©. Princeton University campus. 2013. Click to enlarge.

THE PRINCETON NASSOONS—2016.

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Molly Moo Cow. 10/2/22. Paul Goldfinger photo.

Molly comes to us from the cast of the OVID movie called “A Cow’s Life.”  She’s from France but has mooved here to learn the ways of American media since it seems to her that our media may crash and burn.

She speaks French and says, “Mo de Lo.”   The Lo is spoken with a nasal twang.  It  means, “Cut the grass.”

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Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger. Through the fence darkly 10/1/22

AMY WINEHOUSE sings Gershwin:

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Paul Goldfinger. Pier project.   October 1, 2022.  Click to enlarge.

MATT BERRY.  “October Sun”

Take my rod down to the sea
And then catch some fish for you and me
There’s a black cloud that swirls above the bay
Like a bad dream that never goes away
Rise up and please don’t wake the crew
Fetch a lifeboat just for me and you
There’s an ill wind that blows across this day
Like a bad dream that never goes away

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Modern Healthcare.

The Centers for Disease Control has changed its position on mandatory masking in health care settings, no longer recommending that it be universal.

It’s a “major departure” from the CDC’s previous recommendation of universal masking to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, The Hill says.

“Updates were made to reflect the high levels of vaccine-and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools,”

Even if masking is not universally required, if a provider works in a part of the facility experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, or if they care for immunocompromised patients, they should wear a mask.

When transmission levels are high, masking is recommended for everyone in a health care setting when they are in areas of the health care facility where they could encounter patients.

Providers can choose not to wear masks when they are in “well-defined areas” that are restricted from patient access, like staff meeting rooms.

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Fort Myers, Florida image of flooded field during Ian surge. This is by an AP reporter Wilfredo Lee taken 9/29/22 and reported today.  Click on photo to enlarge it.

This is Tropicana Sands as it usually looks. Ft. Myers, Fla. It is now totally flooded and damaged.  Paul Goldfinger photo.

This is what’s left of Ft. Myers Beach. 9/19/22. AP drone photo.

By Paul Goldfinger, MD.  Editor Blogfinger.net. 9/30/22

The photographs coming out of the Ian hurricane reporting are mostly horrendous, but sometimes they are beautiful art at the same time.

It was perhaps in the 1930’s that war photography  was recognized as sometimes being beautiful while it was bringing the story to newspapers and magazines at the same time.  Robert Capa, the Pulitzer winning war photographer, went to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War and also went in on D Day with the first wave, and his images have been shown in galleries and other collections of fine imagery.

The blending of news photography and fine art photography is widely recognized in today’s art world.

The AP photo above looks like an impressionistic painting.

You may recall Bob Bownés award winning photograph of the OG pier about to crash during Sandy.  It is dramatic and beautiful at the same time ; fine art and news imagery.

As you may know, we have a home in Ft. Myers, Florida  at a place called Tropicana Sands.   That location took the brunt of Ian, and I am receiving reports that the entire community of 470 manufactured homes is a “total disaster.”  One body has been reported plus residents have been rescued.  Fortunately Eileen and I are in NJ, and we also missed the brutal tornado that hit there  in January.

We still don’t know the condition of our home there, but the reports are not optimistic.

Now the reporting by worldwide news sources is rolling in and largely consists of still photos, drone videos and other imagery, and the  quality of that reporting is remarkable.

IMUS RANCH RECORD–Willy Nelson:

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Asbury Park beach. 2015. Paul Goldfinger photograph.© Click to get a better view.

CONAL FOWKES.  From the Woody film  Midnight in Paris.

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Oct. 30, 2016. Isn’t it time to bring in a new plan? This one is a losing proposition and should be replaced by something that will improve the town, not the developers and politicians.  Where are the Home Groaners? Blogfinger  photo. ©. Now, 2022 it is the 15th anniversary of a failed idea.

Paul Goldfinger, Editor. Blogfinger.net

From Spamalot on the occasion of the North End’s ninth.:

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Heading for AP, but turn around for a BF photo. Paul Goldfinger photo. 9/22 Click to enlarge the thrill. ©

NAT KING COLE

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