Georgia O’Keeffe
1956
“I decided to photograph her as another friend had described her ... This portrait hangs in her Abiquiu home, now a museum operated by the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation.”
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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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.
Neil Armstrong
On this day in 1969, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.
Disneyland
Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955.
Lilly Daché
Daché was a French-born American milliner and fashion merchandiser.
Gerald Ford
Ford was photographed by Karsh in January of the final year of his presidency.