George Forss, a native New Yorker, is a self-taught photographer who was discovered in 1980 by renowned photographer David Douglas Duncan.

Duncan produced a book of his art called New York, New York: Masterworks of a Street Peddler, published by McGraw Hill.

George’s trademark is his black and white photography, which has been shown in some of the World's most prestigious galleries and museums. George Forss has been featured in major publications and has been the subject of two documentaries.

RESUME: GEORGE FORSS, Photographer
Self-taught Photographer
Discovered by David Douglas Duncan in 1980

Solo Exhibitions

2005 - 220 Gallery Exhibition Salem, N.Y. - December - “Hot Air Balloons”

2005 - Digital and B&W photography

2004 – 2005 Chassidic Art Institute, Brooklyn, New York “Retrospective Show - Lubavitcher Headquarters” December 26 2004 - January 26 2005

2002 - 220 Gallery Exhibition Salem, N.Y.- Nov. 24 to Dec. 15, 2002

2002 - Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, “The Way We Were”

1991 - 1997 - Exhibitions in Finland & Lapland, following many photographic tours. Invited to exhibit in the townships of Tempaare, Lempaala, Pe&osenniemi (Lapland).

1994 - Grenoble Museum, Grenoble, France, (October) Orange Museum, Orange, France (September)

1993 - Park Slope Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Weston Town Hall, Weston, CT. “New York by Forss”.

1988 January - February; Port Authority of New York bus Terminal, 42nd Street, photographs of New York

February 10 - March 6; Exhibition of Aerial Vistas and Western Landscapes at The Camera Club of New York.

July - September, Cousin John’s Gallery/Restaurant, Brooklyn

1987 September 5 - November 1; The Gallery Restaurant, Tarrytown, “George Forss Photographs” Cousin John’s Gallery/Restaurant, Brooklyn.

December 28 - February 5, Chassidic Art Institute, Brooklyn, New York

1986 February 15 - March 29 “A Forss View of New York” in two sections rotating among six branches of the Bowery Bank.

March 23 - April 20 The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, “New York, New York”

September 6 - October 5 Hobar Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, “Western Images”

November 1 -30 Greenburgh Public Library, Elmsford, N.Y., “Works by George Forss”

1985 Summer, New York City Public Library; Main Branch

May 7 - May 23 Bowery Bank, Kings Branch Plaza exhibition

June 24 - August 9 “New York, New York II”, Popular Photography Photo Gallery, Manhattan.

September 28 - October 19 Hobar Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, “George Forss Photographs”

1984 January 6 - February 14 Brooklyn Museum, “New York by Forss: The Photographs of a Street Peddler.” (N.B. This was Mr. Forss’s first major museum exhibition; twenty images were selected for the museum archives).

Group Exhibitions

2007 - Washington County Art Show, Rice Mansion, Cambridge, NY July

2006 - Group Show - Annual Photography Exhibition at The Riverfront Gallery, Schylerville, New York. Month of November

2004 October 14 through November 10, 2004 - Community Room Gallery/Borough Hall “The Face of Brooklyn: Portraits and Landscapes”

1986 January 11 - February 17 Brooklyn Museum, “Black and White Photographs: Recent Acquisitions.”

1985 March 14 - April 20 The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn: “The Brooklyn Landscape” Gracie Square art show. Pelham Art Center, Westchester. N.Y.

Other Credits

2005 - 2006 Two George Forss images selected for White Creek Images, Inc. Sales of posters and Print Orders.

2004 George Forss image, “Jersey City Boardwalk” to be featured in an international calendar of internationally known photographers.

2004 - Solo Exhibition of George Forss images at the Lewis and Clark University in Portland, Oregon

2001 - Forss image, “Ivy Study” is used in Random House best seller book, “ A short Guide to a Happy Life” by Anna Quinlen. Forss image, “Uptown Panorama view from 22nd Street” is used in Rockport Publishers book “Black and White Photography” by James Luciana

1994 - 2006+ New book project “Access - Photography from Forbidden Places” (Ongoing) Aerial Photography of New York City from private; Apartments, Apartment roofs, Offices, Factories, Museums & Port Authority facilities (Bridges, Airports, Structures, Terminals, Railway & River Management Depots). Photography in conjunction with George Forss Rep. Gallery; Park Slope Framing & Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000 - Represented by The Miller Gallery, SoHo NYC Large murals made and sold to Pfizer Co., for their 42nd St. NYC office.

1992 - Exhibition of Finland photographs on Viking Line ships. Participation in a campaign to stop dam building in northern Finland in cooperation with German and Irish environmentalists. G. Forss images used in campaign.

1989 - 1990 5 Posters published by Nouvelles Images, Paris, France. Photographic images published for postcards and note cards. Gallery Posters by The Art Group, London, England. New York scenic posters published by Gallerie Maga, France.

1988 - 1989 Participation with Brooklyn photographers in “BROOKLYN: One Hundred and Sixty Hours on Our Side ofthe Bridge”: project for a book and a major New York Exhibit. Opening and exhibit at the Ginofor Gallery, Cambridge, N.Y. Three posters issued; scenes from “Western Images”, published by Athena Publishers, London

1985 - 1987 Documentary Video, Television program and Book “Across the U.S.A. with George Forss” Produced & Directed by Dalena DuBois, New Galaxy Productions, London, U.K. for worldwide distribution.

1985 - Commissioned by Saks Fifth Avenue; first photographer to produce B & W photos for display windows. Articles in New York Alive. Photographers Forum. about artist and work.

1984 - Publication of the book “New York, New York: Masterworks of a Street Peddler” text by David Douglas Duncan, photographs by George Forss, published by McGraw Hill Books, New York.

Appearances on the Today Show (NBC), Midday Live (WNEW-TV), Live at Five (NBC), Entertainment Tonight (ABC), Channel 5 News Segment (WNEW-TV). The Museum of the City of New York selects New Street Lamp Series for its archives.

Anniversary poster for McGraw-Hill.

Articles about the artist and his work appear in The New York Times (March 26), Readers Digest (August), Art News (September), New York Magazine (September 24), Popular Photography (November), People Magazine (Nov. ‘84), Daily News (October 1).

1983 - Long Island Heritage features an article on the Shinnecock Indians of Long Island with Forss photographs.

1982 - BBC Film - A Fairytale of New York, (The George Forss Story).

1981 - Limited-edition portfolio “The Collection” poetry by Dalena DuBois, photography by George Forss (collector’s edition prints). Review in London Sunday Times Art Section. Feature segment in BBC documentary Fairy Tale of New York, broadcast on PBS stations USA, BBC UK and other International markets. Articles in Popular Photography and Art Gallery International.

1981 - New York Times, featured article in the art section (full page with prints)

1981 - Time Magazine, June 29, 1981, “One-Man Museum Without Walls”, article totaled two full pages.

George Forss has moved away from his old neighborhood in Brooklyn. His home is now in Cambridge, Upstate New York. Cambridge is an hours drive from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and 30 minutes from Bennington, Vermont.

In 1989 George purchased a store front building on Main Street in Cambridge from where he operates his photography business and his own gallery — ‘The Ginofor Gallery.’