biography of George FORSS (1941-2021)

Personal data

Birth : 1941 - Bronx, New York NY New York, United States
Death : 07/17/2021
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

Cambridge NY New York, United States

Representatives

Park Slope Gallery – New York NY, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

1994:First exhibition in France
1984:First important solo exhibition
1980:Discovered by photographer David Douglas Duncan
1970 – 1980:Sold his prints on the street as a street peddler in New York City

Work

Categorie and medium

Photography : Black & white photograph

Subject

urbanism

Signatures, monograms, symbols

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

The way we were: the photographs of George Forss 1977-2000
Park Slope Gallery – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
2002

1997

New Exhibit Hall – Lempäälä, Finland
1997

Town Exhibit Hall – Pelkosenniemi, Finland
1997

1996

Gotham Revealed: A New New York
Park Slope Gallery – New York NY, United States
10/20/1996 – 12/31/1996

1995

Pfizer – Corporate Conference Center – New York NY, United States
1995

1994

Long Exposures
Brooklyn Borough Hall – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1994

Ginofor Gallery – Cambridge NY, United States
1994

Bibliothèque Grand’Place – Grenoble, France
10/05/1994 – 10/26/1994

Musée d’Orange – Orange, France
09/03/1994 – 10/02/1994

1993

Center for Photography at Woodstock – Woodstock VT, United States
1993

Southern Vermont Art Center – Manchester VT, United States
1993

Park Slope Gallery – New York NY, United States
1993

1988

Camera Club – New York NY, United States
02/10/1988 – 03/06/1988

1986

BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1986

Chassidic Art Institute – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
12/28/1986 – 02/05/1987

Hobar Gallery – Santa Barbara CA, United States
09/06/1986 – 10/05/1986

1985

Rotunda Gallery – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1985

Hobar Gallery – Santa Barbara CA, United States
1985

The New York Public Library – New York NY, United States
07/1985 – 08/1985

Bowery Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/07/1985 – 05/23/1985

1984

New York de Forss : les photographies d’un colporteur de rues
BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
01/06/1984 – 02/14/1984

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

1984

New York, New York : Masterworks of a Street Peddler
Publisher: Mac Graw Hill Books – New York NY, United States
Author: Duncan David
1984

Black and White Photography: Manifest Visions, An International Collection
Publisher: Quarry Books – Rockport MA, United States
Author: Luciana James

Periodicals

1996

LOKE Margarett – Inside Photography
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
16/08/1996

1995

COX Maureen – Portrait of George Forss
in: Photographer’s Forum p. 32
Santa Barbara CA, United States
09/1995

1993

RAYNOR Vivien – Transforming the Commonplace Into Uncommon Images
in: The New York Times
New York NY, United States
18/04/1993

1987

SCHWALBERG Bob – Why Shoot Black & White?
in: Popular Photography
New York NY, United States
02/1987

1984

Manhattan Madrigals
in: Popular Photography
New York NY, United States
11/1984

Taking New York by Forss
in: ARTnews
New York NY, United States
09/1984

Legals