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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Clare Boothe Luce
Boothe Luce was an American writer, politician and diplomat.
Photographic Memory: Fifty Years of Collecting
The National Portrait Gallery will observe the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of its photographs collection.
Thurgood Marshall
President Johnson nominated Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Mstislav Rostropovich
Rostropovich was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.
Brigitte Bardot
“From the saint to the sinner.”
Justice Tom Clark
Clark was an American lawyer and Justice of the US Supreme Court.
Joseph Baum
Baum was an American restaurateur and innovator.
Archibald Belaney
Belaney was better known as Grey Owl.
Helen Gurley Brown
Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman.
Queen Elizabeth
September marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Elizabeth II.
Thurgood Marshall
In 1967 Marshall became the first African American to be confirmed as a US Supreme Court justice.