Stephen’s first haircut. Madison Avenue, NYC. Barber shop just for kids. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF “HAIR” (opened on Broadway in 1968)
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Portrait of Eileen: first haircut—his, not hers
Posted in Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: New York City Street Series, Portraits of Eileen on September 1, 2016| 1 Comment »
Portrait of Eileen: Brooklyn, NY
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on March 13, 2016|
Eileen (r) and sister Hope. c. 1950’s. Eastern Parkway. Photo by Bernard Harkavy.
These days, when Hope visits us in Ocean Grove, people think they’re twins. Magically, they both are now blonds. The photographer, their Dad Bernie, served in WWII in Europe. He spent most of his life working in the Garment District in New York. He ran a showroom where he was into ladies sweaters.
About five years after this photo, the family moved to Dumont, New Jersey. Bernie took a bus at the corner into the Port Authority. Their cat Sasha would walk to the bus stop to wait for him at the end of each work day.—–PG
JESSICA MOLASKEY “Growing Pains” This 1951 song by Arthur Schwartz (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) was recorded by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. Jessica’s version was made with the Pizzarelli clan backing her up. Her husband is guitarist/singer John Pizzarelli. (“I Like Jersey Best.”)
“One day your momma drops the hem of your skirt,
Next day you give up yelling, “What’s for desert?”;
You can’t explain it, but you’re one solid hurt,
Baby, you’ve got growin’ pains!”
Portrait of Eileen. Sanibel Island, Fla.
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen on December 6, 2015| 2 Comments »
Eileen. Go Navy. By Paul Goldfinger ©.
KEVIN KLINE with Cole Porter song written for the 1934 Broadway show Anything Goes.
Portrait of Eileen: somewhere in France looking for food on a rainy day
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged Portrait of Eileen in France on October 17, 2015|
By Paul Goldfinger, undated. ©
WARREN VACHE´ AND BRIAN LEMON PLAY HARRY WARREN: “An Affair to Remember”
Portrait of Eileen. You Indian Summer
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged Indian Summer on September 28, 2015|
Portrait of Eileen
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged Ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Music. Bob Dylan, Portrait of Eileen, Shadows in the Night by Dylan on May 20, 2015|
Portrait of Eileen
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery, Color, Photographs by Blogfinger, Portraits of Eileen, tagged A portrait of Eileen, Chesterwood on January 22, 2015|
No that is not Chairman Mao’s secretary. It is a wardrobe coincidence at Chesterwood sculpture garden in the Berkshires, Mass. Or maybe that’s the Girl Scout I took to the prom. Photo by Paul Goldfinger ©
LITTLE RICHARD
Eileen: A Portrait
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged Moon River by Andy Williams, Portrait of Eileen on July 4, 2014| 2 Comments »
Eileen. Undated. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
ANDY WILLIAMS “Moon River” by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Eileen: a Portrait
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Portraits of Eileen, tagged Portrait of Eileen on February 15, 2014| 2 Comments »
Eileen. Photographer unknown. Date known, but unrevealed.
This is probably the only portrait of Eileen that I will display on Blogfinger which I did not make. She was 19 years old and was trying on some pre-marital headwear. This veil was rejected, and she doesn’t like the image much. But I like the lack of pretense revealed by this portrait.
We think her father, Bernard Harkavy, took this test shot. He ran a showroom in the garment district of New York City. Eileen had lots of sweaters, which her Dad’s company specialized in.
—-Paul Goldfinger, Editor @ Blogfinger
GENE AUSTIN: From the album “Hits of the Roaring Twenties.”
Eileen: A Portrait
Posted in Portraits of Eileen, tagged Portrait of Eileen in France on September 5, 2013|
Domme, France. By Paul Goldfinger ©
JOHN PIZZARELLI. From his Bossa Nova album—the song is “Francesca.”