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Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

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Sittings

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
13932
Aug 15 1977

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Patients photographed at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. Juan Soto and mother, Anthony Calderon and mother, Isadore Zuckerman and wife, Maribel and Angelo Velasquez. Doctors Shala Mousavi, M.D., Peter Tsairis, M.D.
13625
Jul 11 1974

Mr. Jerry Lewis

Taken for Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. For Muscular Dystrophy telethon
13830
Aug 4 1976

Matthew Brown

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Child
For Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon
12291
Oct 11 1963

Dr. Ade T. Milhorat

Chairman of Advisory Board, Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America
12649
Jan 1 1966

Paul Hawkins

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
12916
Aug 1 1968

Holly Schmidt

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
12916
Sep 11 1968

Miss Holly Schmidt

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Child
13114
Jan 1 1970

Scotty Swift

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
13630
Jul 11 1974

Yousuf Karsh

Photographed in New York studio by comedian Jerry Lewis, as part of preparations for Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, when YK was photographing Mr. Lewis
13721
Jan 1 1975

Lisa Cagle

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
13725
Aug 15 1975

Miss Bonny Weston

Photographed with doll (from Museum, which had belonged to Mrs. Benjamin Franklin) when photographing 1975 Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child Lisa Cagle
13832
Aug 5 1976

Enoch Henry

For Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon
13833
Aug 5 1976

Mrs. Tedde Kast Scharf

Director of Resources for the Disabled, University of North Carolina
For Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon
13834
Aug 5 1976

Randy Wilcox

MD patient, 15 years old
For Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon
13868
Jan 1 1977

Matthew Brown

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14154
Jan 1 1979

Rocco Arizzi

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14140
May 8 1979

Rocco Arizzi

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14248
Jan 1 1980

Robert Whitaker

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14320
Jan 1 1981

Christi Bartlett

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14432
Mar 11 1983

George Rush

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14636
Feb 11 1985

Ben Teraberry

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children

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Legacy

Jerry Lewis, 1926-2017

…pose for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Annual Poster, 1963 See all Sittings related to Yousuf Karsh’s work with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Read the Jerry Lewis obituary in the New… […]

Jerry Lewis

Dystrophy annual Labor Day telethon. Karsh was introduced to the Muscular Dystrophy Association by his wife, Estrellita, who, as a medical writer, had written about the disease. Karsh would go… […]

Jerry Lewis

…photographed Lewis in 1974 for Lewis’s Muscular Dystrophy annual Labor Day telethon. Karsh was introduced to the Muscular Dystrophy Association by his wife, Estrellita, who, as a medical writer, had… […]

General

A Brief Biography

…photograph, as my contribution, the National Poster Children of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Over the years our relationship with these remarkable young people has been close and meaningful. We have…

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