Karsh Signature

Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

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Elixir

Elixir

1938

“In the 1930s, I enjoyed experimenting with optics and Surrealism.”

This nude study of Karsh’s first wife, Solange, consisted of four negatives carefully sandwiched together. This was long before the invention of Photoshop or digital manipulation and it required a great deal of skill, finesse, and technique in every step of the process - the exposures, the developing of the negatives, and the making of the final print.

Sittings

4933
Sep 1 1938

Elixir

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