Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, tagged Cape Cod Truro Dunes photograph on February 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Truro Dunes, Cape Cod. Tri-X film. Scanned from a darkroom silver gelatin print c. 1993. By Paul Goldfinger. Image published on the cover of Internal Medicine News. © Click on photo to enlarge.. Leica M film 35 mm. Re-post.
THELONIOUS MONK SEPTET. “Ruby My Dear.” The tenor sax player is probably John Coltrane. Monk wrote the piece in honor of his first love Ruby R. (1947)
There is a documentary about John Coltrane who once was part of Monk’s group. It is Chasing Trane.
Posted in Blogfinger Photograph, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, Photography by Moe Demby, Photography: Fire Department series, tagged Bradley Beach fire dept., fireman battle roof blaze Blogfinger photograph, Up on the roof by Moe Demby on February 1, 2021| 2 Comments »
Bradley Beach firemen battle blaze. Moe Demby in the midst of the action. Undated. Moe is a Blogfinger staff photographer © and prior at the APP. Re-post. Click to enlarge.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Bob Bowné, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Bob Bowne, Poems by Charles Pierre, Poetry on Blogfinger, tagged A poem by Charles Pierre on Blogfinger, Dawn by Charles Pierre on September 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Beachfront Sunrise. By Paul Goldfinger. Ocean Grove. Blogfinger.net ©
Hi Paul:
Greetings from Manhattan. I was struck by your quietly beautiful photo, “Beachfront Sunrise,” (posted recently on Blogfinger), and your statement that you preferred sunrises to sunsets because “beginnings are happier than endings.”
Here is the poem, “Dawn,” from my 2008 collection, Father of Water.
Best wishes,
Charles Pierre
Dawn
By Charles Pierre
The first hint of morning on the ocean
is a trembling of shadows,
a dark hovering of muted tones
that moves with imperceptible pace,
a vanishing medium through which
the day brightens and widens,
the new light going on for miles and miles
in the shine of emerging surf.
BILL FRISELL. “Across the Universe.”
Posted in Ocean Grove events, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, tagged Kenny Vance oldie but goodie, Ocean Grove flea market on July 25, 2020| 2 Comments »
OMG! Did I miss the exit for the Short Hills Mall? ©
Photo from the 2012 Ocean Grove Flea Market by Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net ©
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Carnival games on May 20, 2020| 2 Comments »
Knock ’em down. Carnival in Chester, NJ. By Paul Goldfinger. c. 1995 ©
SUZY BOGGUSS
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, Photography: Pine Barrens Series, tagged New Jersey Cranberyy Festival on April 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Chatsworth, New Jersey. Pine Barrens. Paul Goldfinger ©. Oct. 21, 2018 Blogfinger.net click to enlarge.
Paul Goldfinger © Cranberry Festival. Oct. 21, 2018. © This kid ate too many berries and was rushing to the metal can called Mr. Bob’s on the door.
By Paul Goldfinger at the New Jersey Cranberry Festival.
The food stand on the top photo had a sign that said, “Shiksabob.”
We wondered about that dish. Was their word spelling correct for their language, or was this an English misspelling ?
We said it over and over until we figured out that it was a misspelled word: Let’s try “Shiskabob.” No–that’s not a word.
Then we said: “Sishkabob,” but no, that was rejected.
But we finally realized that it was “Shishkabob,” but we tried so many versions that we began speaking gibberish and we seemed to have become fahblunget. Or farblunget. Oh, “farblunget” means hopelessly screwed up in Yiddish.
And, last but not least, the correct word (s) is “shish kabob.” And even though I briefly thought I was having a stroke, we finally became coherent again as we walked to our car.
On the way, there was a row of toilets at the Cranberry Festival with the name “Mr. Bob’s” on each door. A lady came out of one and walked towards me.
I held out my hand and said, “Hi, I’m Mr. Bob, and that will be 50 cents. ” She laughed and breezed by. No more Mr. Bob jokes.
BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, tagged Memorial Day parade Occean Grove 2019 on May 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff ©. 5/27/19. Vicki, Rachel, Hayley, Morgan and friends. Watch for more.
DUKES OF DIXIELAND (NEW ORLEANS)
Posted in Blogfinger guest photographer, Photographs presented on Blogfinger, tagged James Hill NY Times, photojournalism on January 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »
By James Hill, New York Times. © Reposted from 2014 BF
By Paul Goldfinger, photography editor @Blogfinger
Photojournalism used to be considered a separate discipline from photography in general. For example, fine art photography is all about imagery, so anything goes. But photojournalism has been traditionally about facts. That is why newspaper and magazine editors are fussy about issues such as distorting the meaning of a moment by manipulating the image, for example by cropping. Or else, a news photographer cannot pose a scene. It needs to be recorded just as it happened.
But, thanks to the work of great news photographers such as Robert Capa who went in on D-Day with the first wave, photographers are given more leeway to have one foot in the news and the other in fine-arts. The best examples not only tell a story but can be objects of feelings and beauty.
The image above is from a New York Times article about a resurgence of figure skating in Russia. James Hill is the photographer and he shot the image in Moscow—November, 2013. The photo is impressionistic and quite beautiful apart from its use to illustrate a sports article.
ALEXANDER MARKOV. “Thais #5 Meditation.” by Jules Massenet
Posted in Photographs presented on Blogfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Marilyn Monroe sings on Blogfinger on May 30, 2018| 5 Comments »
Marilyn Monroe, no longer in the dark. Photographer George Barris made Marilyn smile. I always imagined that she was smiling at me.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger (re-posted from November, 2014)
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926. She tragically died at the age of 36. She was the pin-up girl for most of the guys from my generation. Marilyn was not only a movie star, but she also was a singer. Remember “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
Many years ago I found this photo of MM in a shop on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village where they sold images of Hollywood stars. I loved her smile, her hair, and her towel. The picture was provocative even though it is rated PG. (my initials)
Marilyn has been on the wall of my dark room for many years, so she was always smiling at me, keeping me company, while I was engaged in that solitary activity. Now, as I take down that old technology, the photo of Marilyn will remain, as the dark room takes on new digital form.
There were many photographers who were known for their images of her—tens of thousands of photos of Marilyn exist.
Those who were privileged to photograph her included many great names such as Avedon, Bachrach, Eisenstadt and Newman.
Earlier we wrote a post about the photographers on the movie set of The Misfits, where MM was photographed with Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Arthur Miller, and Eli Wallach. BF about The Misfits
She was a passionate and vulnerable person who, like a beautiful butterfly, flitted from one to another without landing happily. Here is a quote from Marilyn herself, “I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else. ” –From the Unfinished Biography of Marilyn Monroe
Her singing was wispy and sexy. Recently Barry Manilow decided to make an album of “Dream Duets” using technology to bring him together in song with his departed musical heroes.
Here is the one cut containing Marilyn Monroe:
