Friendship is a curious thing, I have gotten closer to George Forss, he is a man of many friends and many gifts. Sunday, we are all going over to the Round House Cafe to hang out join photo show “Looking At Our World.” I could never have done this by myself George has printed my photos and done a magnificent job, and Maria helped me pick out the frames, custom order the mats ($40 apiece) and earlier this week we put the photos, mats and frames together. Doing this ourselves means we can keep the price of the photos down – I’m charging $200 for the matted and framed ones I’m putting up.

George and I are different, I have never been close to a UFO Investigator before, I haven’t know many, I suspect I have avoided them. There are many things in my life now that I have avoided, most of them are good and very welcome. George was one of the most famous photographers in the world when he lived in New York, he has been supplanted by time, modesty, 911 and the rise of digital photography, which ended a golden age of photography in America.  George has handled this, and the many challenges in his life with grace, always grace. Lots of people are taking photos, few of them are like George’s. It is an honor and great moment for me to be sharing a photo show with George, an affirmation of my photography. It means a lot to me.

We are have a reception on February 20th, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Round House Cafe, 1 Washington Street, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. George has some challenges on his hands today, I am thinking of him, wishing him.