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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Woodstock
Karsh photographed two musical artists who performed at the festival.
H. G. Wells
Wells wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories.
Cecil B. DeMille
DeMille was an American filmmaker and actor who made 70 feature films.
Beatrice Lillie
Lillie was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedy performer.
Sir Alexander Fleming
Pictured in the laboratory in which he discovered and tested penicillin.
Naum Gabo
Gabo was a Russian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist.
The Honorable Linden Forbes Samson Burnham
Burnham was a Guyanese politician.
Emilio Greco
“He produced a portrait bust of lyric beauty.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
In 1965 Johnson signed Medicare into law.
Jacqueline Kennedy
“I photographed her against a Coromandel screen.”
Alexander Calder
“It’s easy to make,” he explained to my wife.