George Forss is one of the most famous and accomplished photographers in the world, and it was meaningful beyond words to spend the afternoon with George at Bedam Farm, taking photographs with him, watching him, photographing him. George’s work is mythic about photographers – you can check it out at the Park Slope Gallery website, which sells his work. George brought his friend and companion artist Donna Wynbrandt – her work is being shown at the next Pig Barn Art Gallery Show at Bedlam Farm June 23-24 – and it was a remarkable experience to watch George work. I have nowhere near his photographic skills, but our minds are strangely alike and we love the same kind of photos.

George and I are going to go out and do some landscapes once or twice a week. George shoots mostly with film, and has some photographic equipment I have never even seen. Taking a photo for him is so much more complex than with digital photography, where you tend to shoot away and sort it out later. Each photo is a complex, multi-step process for George involving careful study of light, shutter and aperture settings. It is expensive to shoot with film and to develop it so George really things about everything in his photos. I’ll write more about this and post more photos later. It was a wonderful experience, and he is very gracious about teaching me some of what he knows. I did not know George was living right near me in Cambridge, N.Y., where he runs the Ginofor Gallery on Main Street. He is the nicest and most interesting man and a great story-teller and I am very lucky to get to know him.

George photographing Izzy.