Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century
1943
“Leon Edel, Henry James’s biographer, has remarked that Shaw’s ‘way of meeting people was to charm them by being charmed himself.’ Shaw came bursting into the room with the energy of a young man, though he was almost ninety years old.”
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.
Yousuf Karsh’s (1908-2002) extraordinary and unique body of work presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.
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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February 20 marks the anniversary of Glenn’s orbit of the Earth.
Lippmann was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator.
“Williams’s reply to my desire to photograph him was enthusiastic and spontaneous.”
Today is Presidents’ Day federal holiday in the United States.
Karsh photographed Mandela during Mandela’s visit to the Canadian parliament.
On this day in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died.
“He awarded me the Stephen Leacock Non-Existent Gold Medal.”
“Kings and Pawns, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America” is out now.
Among Karsh’s ambitions was to photograph Schweitzer.
“I decided to portray him standing partially hidden behind a screen.”
This year, Estrellita’s birthday coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.