Prince Charles
1975
“I had the pleasure of photographing Prince Charles with his parents, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, when he was three, but was happy to make an official portrait again when he was 26.
A Gallery Overview of Portraits
During his career he held 15,312 sittings, produced over 370,000 negatives, and left an indelible artistic and historic record of the men and women who shaped the twentieth century.
His Life in Pictures
Yousuf Karsh’s (1908-2002) extraordinary and unique body of work presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.
Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh on British Five Pound Note
The Bank of England chose Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh to appear on the front of its all-new polymer banknote, now in circulation across the UK.
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Paul Dudley White
White was an American physician and cardiologist.
Leonid Brezhnev
He told Karsh he would sit for a portrait if Karsh made him look as good as Audrey Hepburn.
John Steinbeck
“Here was a courteous but reticent man who did not wear his heart on his sleeve.”
Jacques Cousteau
Cousteau was born on this day, June 11, in 1910.
Judy Garland
Karsh photographed her for LIFE magazine in 1946.
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
On June 3, 1937, former King Edward VIII married Wallis Simpson.
Edmund Hillary
Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first recorded climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru served as his country’s first prime minister.
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov was a Soviet and Russian nuclear physicist, dissident, Nobel laureate, and activist.
J. Paul Getty
Getty is pictured at home in England.
Bertrand Russell
“He distracted me with his dark thoughts when my mind should have been on my work.”