Paul Goldfinger photograph. From The Green Book. Undated.
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Archive for the ‘Photographic Gallery, Color’ Category
White Winter Hymnal
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged White Winter Hymnal on October 11, 2024| 2 Comments »
The Hudson Valley: by Eileen and Miles
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged My Ship by Miles Davis on October 1, 2024| 1 Comment »
Autumn in New York—upstate
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Color, Photography outside of NJ, tagged Autumn in New York by Charles Mingus and friends. on August 25, 2024|
Autumn in New York. Duchess County. October 2014. By Paul Goldfinger.
CHARLES MINGUS AND FRIENDS:
Stonehenge. If you think OG is old, consider this:
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Photo: Stonehenge on June 4, 2024| 4 Comments »
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:
Che La Luna: Tuscany, Italy
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Dancing in Volterra Italy on April 14, 2024| 1 Comment »
Volterra, Italy. Tuscany. Many historic buildings there. By Paul Goldfinger. Dedicated to Myrna Goldfinger who could sing this song in Italian. Click for larger version.
LOUIS PRIMA WITH SAM BUTERA AND THE WITNESSES: “Che La Luna”
Salisbury Cathedral, England (1220 a.d.)
Posted in Music: The Power to Enchant, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged the Salisbury Cathedral Choir on March 21, 2024|
Salisbury, England. She was not with us. This image was not posed. Photo by Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge.
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL BOYS AND GIRLS CHOIR . “The Lord is my Shepherd” from the album Angels Sing. New Music from the Salisbury Cathedral.
Seeking Wisdom or Love? It’s open season at the beach.
Posted in Florida connection, Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Open Season by the High Highs on March 14, 2024|
Fort Myers, Fla Photo by Paul Goldfinger
“Open Season” (It’s all in your mind) by the High Highs–from the film Pitch Perfect:
“Nuts” in New York (West 33rd Street)
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Klezmer, Photo: New York City on March 13, 2024|
“Nuts” Photo by Paul Goldfinger. New York Street Series. Blogfinger.net
PATIENCE AND PRUDENCE:
Plant a radish…
Posted in Music, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged MUSIC: "Plant a Radish.", MUSIC: The Fantasticks, Photo: Eileen's radishes, Photo: Radishes on February 15, 2024| 2 Comments »
Did you see the show “The Fantasticks?” We did, twice. We took our two sons when they were little and then when they became men. The show was still playing in Greenwich Village, so we went and sat in the same seats.
Why am I telling you this? Well, today Eileen took a picture of radishes. She didn’t grow them, but being a Wegwoman, she bought them at Wegmans.
And all of this intersects in this post where we have her photograph of radishes and we have a song called “Plant a Radish” from the original cast album of “The Fantasticks.” It’s about raising kids and gardens. Carl Swenson of Ocean Grove performed all over America in this show. See his comment below.
Radishes. Photograph by Eileen Goldfinger, food editor @Blogfinger. “The Fantasticks” by Harvey Schmidt (music) and Tom Jones (lyrics) ran for 42 years at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. Its themes, story and music are timeless. —Paul Goldfinger
Window dressing…
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Photo: untitled on January 27, 2024| 1 Comment »
By Paul Goldfinger. Ft. Myers, Fla. downtown.
THE HARPTONES “Life is But a Dream” from the film Goodfellas.
Morning light…
Posted in Music: The Power to Enchant, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged MUSIC. Paul McCartney's new album, Photo: Morning Light on January 16, 2024| 3 Comments »
Morning light. Fayettville, North Carolina. by Paul Goldfinger. click for full view.
By Paul Goldfinger.
The light in the morning, soon after the sun comes up, lets you see after the darkness. It is soft and new. It has promise.
You hold a cup of fresh, hot coffee and you breathe in the cool air. The sky is partially lit, and there is one area that is especially bright.
What piece of music would fit best to capture a mood that a new day may bring something wonderful? Since the mood contains some uncertainty, I think it needs to be a little sad, just to avoid too much optimism.
This does it for me: Paul McCartney with Irving Berlin’s “Always.”
Just landed from Mars…
Posted in Feature article, Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged An odd and boring place on January 15, 2024|
Twistee Treat. By Paul Goldfinger.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor. Blogfinger.net
What if you just landed from Mars and you saw this landscape? You would wonder if there is life on earth and if there is, what do they do with the funny house, the poles, and the thing with wheels?
You would say, “Let’s leave this odd and boring place and get back home where the ice cream has a high butterfat content and there are dancing girls.” Or perhaps you’ll say to the driver, “Let’s try the moon next.”
SOUNDTRACK. By “Daves True Story” from the movie Jack Goes Boating:
—PG
Dreaming of a White, Wet, or Warm Christmas?
Posted in Guest photographer, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged 1932, Diana Krall, Photo: The White Night on December 24, 2023| 6 Comments »
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ. USA. 12/24/23
This is one of my favorite photographs, and Diana Krall’s “White Christmas” is also very special. And so is the Christmas season where sleigh bells ring—are you listening?
Christmas music can be monotonous after awhile in December, but so much great music is about Christmas, so I like to post it out of season to show its uniqueness. It’s like the jewelry store principle: just take one diamond out at a time and show it by itself on black velvet in a light that makes it glow —–
“The White Night” Central Park, Christmas Eve, 1932. By Adolph Fassbender Re-posted from Blogfinger. 2014.
This photograph is from the January 27, 1997 issue of the New Yorker magazine. It was part of a photography exhibit review featuring the work of Adolph Fassbender (1884-1980).
He was an artist who followed the romantic painterly Pictorialist style of photography long after it fell into disfavor around 1915. The quote below is from the New Yorker piece about this image. The title of the article was “Slow Dazzle.”
” ‘The White Night,” made on Christmas Eve, 1932, in Central Park, during a late-afternoon blizzard, is one of the highlights of the Fassbender show opening this week at Gallery 292, in SoHo.
“The buildings on the Plaza were invisible but for a faint glow; the artist got off just one three-and-a-half-minute exposure before his shutter froze. Out of raging wind and snow he coaxed this woolly, lamplit nocturne — a tribute not to speed but to contentment and rest.
“Photograph shows a path in Central Park covered with snow, bordered by bare black branches, and buildings in the distance with lighted windows seen through mist.”
–reprinted from Blogfinger. By Paul Goldfinger, Editor.
DIANA KRALL