By Paul Goldfinger, January 1994. © A new Congress was peacefully installed.
“Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.”
Winston Churchill
RUTGERS WIND ENSEMBLE: “Air for Band.”
Archive for the ‘Photography by Paul Goldfinger’ Category
Remembering 9-11
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged 9-11 tribute on Blogfinger on September 11, 2019| 1 Comment »
Porkchop’s fantasy woman meets reality in the Casino of Asbury Park
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Asbury Park art, Casino murals Asbury Park, Mike LaValee artist, Porkchop mural artist on August 19, 2019| 1 Comment »
Porkchop has painted a new woman in the Casino, but some real new women are more than competitive. Paul Goldfinger photo © May 24, 2015. Click to enlarge. Re-post.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Mike LaValee, aka Porkchop, is a multi-disciplinary artist from Asbury Park who exhibits in the US and Europe, but he is perhaps best known around here for his mural (s) in the Casino between AP and Ocean Grove. We have all seen and loved the octopus-flapper woman, but now he has imagined a new version of another fishy female. This one is a gorgeous creature—a fantasy woman who lives in a multi-colored world simultaneously under the sea and near the sea.
But today, as we were photographing his new creation, some young women of the warm-blooded variety breezed by, animated, beautiful, and sure of their femininity. They don’t seem to notice Porkchop’s 2-D creation, because life doesn’t mirror art, it is better than art.
Mike loves to paint artistic themes that are usually based on the female figure, and we applaud him for this new wonderful creature, but by comparison, you can’t beat the real thing.
NAT KING COLE:
Fly American…
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged NYC black and white photo on August 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Manhattan. Paul Goldfinger photo © Silver gelatin darkroom print © Click to enlarge
JESSIE MUELLER from the Carole King Broadway musical: BEAUTIFUL
Cycling to Auditorium Square Park.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged MUSIC. Bela Fleck and "River" on July 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
No stopping or standing. Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge
BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES: “River.”
Where you going?
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Ft. Myers, tagged PHOTO: Southern Exposure on July 22, 2019| 1 Comment »
Ft. Myers, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger © February, 2012.
DEAN JONES AND SUSAN BROWNING “Barcelona” from Stephen Sondheim’s Company. Original cast album.
Let there be light.
Posted in Music from the movies, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Autumn at Deal Lake on July 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Deal Lake branch. Wickipecko Road, Ocean Township/Asbury Park. By Paul Goldfinger, October 26, 2015 © Click to enlarge
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
I had a photography teacher who, in a course called “Finding Your Visual Voice,” told the class that if you look through your finder and see an image that you have done before, just walk away and find something else. But he was wrong. Many artists paint or photograph the same scene or model over and over again, because it is never the same.
There are certain places I like to photograph in all seasons, all year. One is the Faith Baptist Church on Wickipecko Road. For the last year there was a car parked in the lot, and it spoiled the view for me, but now the car is gone, and I look at that place every day to see if it feels just right for a photograph.
Another such place is the Deal Lake branch, also on Wickipecko Road where Ocean Township and Asbury Park meet. It is especially beautiful in the fall. Here are two views from two days ago, one above and one below.
Deal Lake branch. October 26, 2015. © By Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT From the film The Aviator
Sunny south beach in October.
Posted in Blogfinger Jazz Corner, Music from the stage, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, tagged Ocean Grove beach in October on July 16, 2019| 1 Comment »
Ocean Grove. October 3, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge.
Count Basie orchestra. “Flight of the Foo Birds” from Woody’s movie Scenes from a Mall
Captiva
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, Photography: Sanibel and Captiva Islands, tagged Captiva Island, Jerome Kern on July 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©. Captiva Island. Florida. Pirates once roamed here. Click on image to enlarge. Tri-X Collection.
“All the Things You Are.” Live with Ken Peplowski (clarinet) and Friends, honoring Benny Goodman. Jerome Kern wrote the music, and the words are by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Jazz musicians love this classic. Charlie Parker said that this song had his favorite lyrics. He used to call it “YATAG” which is an acronym for the lines “you are the angel glow” in the “B” part of the tune.
“You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights the star,
The dearest things I know are what you are.
Someday my happy arms will hold you,
And someday I’ll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine.”
Delaware Water Gap
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography in America, tagged ColorGallery: Delaware Water Gap on June 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
“The Gap” as seen from the Pocono side (Scotrun, Pa.). By Paul Goldfinger ©
EDWARD ELGAR “Enigma Variations Op 36” Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra:
OG portrait: Miss Pegi of the OG Woman’s Club
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, Photography: Ocean Grove portraits, tagged Miss Pegi Costantino, OG portrait: Pegi on June 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Pegi Costantino, President of the OG Woman’s Club by Paul Goldfinger © at the Club’s vast living room. June, 2019.
STEPHEN DeROSA From HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
