Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Apollo 11 photograph on September 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Photograph taken from the live image sent to Earth and shown on TV. Paul Goldfinger photo from our living room in New York City. Silver gelatin darkroom print. Click to enlarge.
“Le Nozze di Figaro” by Mozart. From the soundtrack of The Shawshank Redemption.
Posted in Ocean Grove tent village, Photography Jersey Shore, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Ocean Grove tent village on September 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Mysteries abound in Tent Village. Ocean Grove. September 2, 2018. Paul Goldfinger © click to enlarge
BEN WEBSTER AND OSCAR PETERSON: “In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning.”
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Blogfinger photography department on August 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Jason Tramm conducts during the Songs of Faith performance. August 26, 2018. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge
A standing O at the end of the concert. 8/26/18. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge.
Editor’s Note: We are initiating a series of black and white photographs taken this summer season in or near the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ. These two images were obtained inside that magnificent building during the Music of the Spirit Concert on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
PENTATONIX. (Christmas in August: “Mary, Did You Know?”)
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:
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Zorba's Brother on March 23, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Zorba’s Brother—-a plain Jane diner style Greek restaurant on Nassau Street in Princeton. April, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photo ©.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor at Blogfinger. Re-posted from 2015.
In Princeton, you expect eateries that reflect the Ivy League pedigree of the place. The fancy Nassau Inn is on Palmer Square in addition to a trendy coffee shop, a fine chocolate store and an ice cream parlor that serves their goods on the soft side. There also is a lacrosse store and a Barbour shop that carries high brow sporty clothes from England.
But right across from that amazing opulent campus is Zorba’s Brother. It wasn’t crowded, but it was very appealing because of its simplicity. Music from the show Zorba played in the background. We had Greek lemon soup and the lunch special—fish and chips. The coffee was so-so. Have the Greeks forgotten how to make coffee?
Carl, my “date” from Mt. Tabor Way, went with me to see a photography exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum. We walked on the magnificent campus and took some photographs. It was a glorious morning. Those old buildings were accompanied by newly flowering trees, and it was all very lovely. Everyone there seemed well behaved and most walked on the pathways instead of on the grass. No one smoked cigarettes and no one swore.
Small clumps of visitors were taking tours, and some high school kids got to sit on the tigers in front of Nassau Hall.
I saw a student with a violin and one with a cello. So that’s how those two got in, thought I. Two students came by on skateboards. Do they have a skateboard team at Princeton? All those kids must have gold-plated extracurricular activites in their resumes.
Inside the museum, a guard warned us not to take pictures of the traveling exhibits. Then he wanted to discuses race relations in America because I was looking at videos of the 1968 Chicago riots at the Democratic convention.
Carl and I stared at the naked gorgeous Diana who was up on a pedestal shooting a bow and arrow. She was hunting. I did a 360 around her, but didn’t dwell on it. After all, this is Princeton! But the Greeks did have naughty goddesses, and Diana’s SAT’s must have been quite good, and how many applicants can hit a rabbit at 50 yards with a bow and arrow while standing on one leg?
Diana at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has excellent form shooting on one leg. . Internet photo.
We picked up a copy of the school newspaper which had a headline that said “U. appoints Graduate dean of diversity.” I’m not sure why only some words were capitalized. Another headline said, “Associate dean of the college for programs of access and inclusion appointed by U.”
It seems that political correctness is in the limelight at U. If any parents are planning to spend about 1/4 million bucks for their kid to go to Princeton, they might want to read that newspaper first.
Carl and I decided not to apply to the U. Naked Diana is in the museum—-outrageous!
MIKIS THEODORAKIS “Zorba the Greek”
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Le Marais in Paris, Music from Follies on March 16, 2018| 1 Comment »
Paris. By Paul Goldfinger. © Last posted in 2013 on Blogfinger.net
The Marais District in Paris is a historic part of town. Victor Hugo used to live there, but we didn’t bump into Victor when we visited. I guess I was busy trying to figure out how to go down the stairs without having to go up the stairs. French royalty liked that neighborhood including King Charles V who built his house there in 1361. Do you think he had to submit the plans to the Paris HPC?
The Rue de Rosiers in the Marais is the Jewish district. I can imagine King Charles or Victor Hugo strolling over to that neighborhood for a superior knish. After eating there, Victor probably felt less miserable than before.
There was a deli (Goldenbergs) on the Rue de Rosiers where there were a couple of bullet holes still enshrined in the front window after some terrorists shot up the area in 1981.
We had really great falafel at the Rue de R. purchased out the window of a hole-in-the-wall eatery. Sometimes, when you travel, it is the small moments that you recall most fondly.
–Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
MARY BETH PEIL From Follies New Broadway Cast Album. By Stephen Sondheim
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photography: portrait of Eileen on February 12, 2018| 1 Comment »
Eileen. New York City. Paul Goldfinger © Tri-X series. Undated
CAST OF “A CHORUS LINE”
Posted in Photography Girls in their summer clothes, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged A string quartet on Blogfinger on February 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Brook Farm Inn. Lenox, Massachusetts. Undated. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Silver gelatin darkroom print © From our “Girls in their summer clothes series”
“Girls – they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun”
—Cyndi Lauper
O SANCTISSIMA (sacred music from the 18th century) from A String Quartet Christmas:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Guys and Dolls on December 15, 2017| 2 Comments »
West side apartment building. 1970’s. Paul Goldfinger ©. Tri-X Collection
Guys and Dolls was the story of a bunch of New York characters—-gangsters and gamblers and the babes who hung out with them, including Adelaide, based on the stories of Damon Runyon in the ’20’s and ’30’s. The first production was on Broadway in 1950. Later, in 1955, there was a movie with, believe it or not, Marlon Brando singing and dancing, along with Frank Sinatra. There were 14 marvelous songs by Frank Loesser.
This one, “The Oldest Established,” is performed early in the first act featuring Nathan, Nicely, Benny and the guys trying to organize a crap game. It’s going to be in the Biltmore Garage, because the back of the police station and the local school were out. But they needed to pay $1,000.00 for the venue.
“If we only had a lousy little grand, we would be a millionaire.”
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic galler Italy, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Florence Italy on December 5, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Along the River Arno. Florence is the center of the Tuscany region and home of the Italian Renaissance. Paul Goldfinger ©. Tri-X collection.
LUCIO DALLA: “4 Marzo 1943”
