Sittings
Mr. H. W. Manning
Mr. Paul V. McNutt
Mr. Leo T. Crowley
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell
General H. H. Arnold
Mr. Robert E. Hannegan
Mr. Edward F. Prichard
Commander Harold E. Stassen
The Right Honorable Joseph Paul-Boncour
His Royal Highness Ibn Abdul Aziz Faisal
Mr. George Washington Hill
Mr. Harvey S. Firestone Jr.
Mr. Walter Gifford
H. W. Manning Esq.
The Honorable Charles E. Wilson
Mr. George Humphrey
General Wilton B. Persons
A. D. Martin Sr. & Jr.
A. D. Martin Sr.
A. D. Martin Jr.
Mr. Benjamin D. Holloway
Mr. Robert W. Hendrickson
Mr. Thomas F. Murray
Mr. Donald R. Waugh Jr.
Mr. Paul S. Mills
Mr. Kenneth Robert MacGregor
Robert A. Bandeen
James Earl Jones
Christopher Plummer
Medea
Photographs
Video and Audio
Life and Times
Life and Times
Interview with Mrs. Estrellita Karsh – MFA Boston
Legacy
“LIFE”
Henry Luce, 1944 This month marks the anniversary of the first issue of LIFE magazine published by its new owner Henry Luce. From 1883, LIFE had been a humor and…
LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography
Winston Churchill, 1941 by Yousuf Karsh; LIFE cover from 1945 courtesy of the publisher The exhibition “LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography” opens this week at Princeton University Art…
LIFE Magazine: John F. Kennedy Cover, 1961
…1963 John F. Kennedy memorial edition of LIFE. See more John F. Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh. Search the Sittings for all LIFE Magazine shoots. Cover: Courtesy LIFE/The Picture Collection, Inc….
LIFE Magazine: John F. Kennedy Cover, 1963
…1963 featuring a portrait by Karsh from 1960. See more John F. Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh. Search the Sittings for all LIFE Magazine shoots. Cover: Courtesy LIFE/The Picture Collection, Inc….
LIFE Magazine: Ernest Hemingway Cover, 1961
…most famous of all Hemingway photographs: the roll-neck sweater. See more Ernest Hemingway by Yousuf Karsh. Search the Sittings for all LIFE Magazine shoots. Cover: Courtesy LIFE/The Picture Collection, Inc….
Berenice Abbott: A Life in Photography
Berenice Abbott, 1989 Our friend and colleague Julia Van Haaften, founding curator of the New York Public Library’s photography collection, has released her in-depth biography Berenice Abbott: A Life in…
Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior
A singular look into Grace of Monaco’s stylish life through the exceptional dresses that the house of Dior created for her over the years. The book cover is a Karsh…
J. Edgar Hoover
…others, even sitting presidents of the United States. Read more (Wikipedia) Karsh photographed Hoover in 1944 on assignment for LIFE magazine. See other people who sat for Karsh and LIFE….
Audrey Hepburn Google Doodle Inspired by Karsh Portrait
“Finding the right solution for someone as timeless as Audrey proved a tricky task. Not only was she a classically beautiful actress, she also dedicated her life to philanthropy. I…
Karsh Award Artists Welcome a New Generation
…The Madonnas series, Mary is human yet mystic, real yet strange, contemporary yet age-old. I breathe life into her, distributing her identity amongst friends, family and acquaintances. I seek her;…
The John Buchan Story Museum
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, 1936 The John Buchan Story is a museum dedicated to the life, work and legacy of the novelist, historian, and politician John Buchan, also known…
Video Interview with Mrs. Estrellita Karsh by MFA Boston
Mrs. Estrellita Karsh, widow of renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), talks about her husband’s life and work in this video interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AXmGRoXNws…
Lecture at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Lecture followed by Gallery tour. 11:00 am, May 9, 2009 Jerry Fielder, Curator and Director of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, will speak on the life and work of Yousuf…
Karsh Trail, Portrait Gallery of Canada
‘Karsh Trail, Portrait Gallery of Canada’ Downtown Ottawa, Canada Summer 2009 The Karsh Trail includes a dozen sites relating to Karsh’s life and work in downtown Ottawa – some with…
Lecture at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
…and Director of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, will speak on the life and work of Yousuf Karsh, and his 30 years of working with Mr. Karsh and his photographs….
Lecture at the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
…and Director of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, will speak on the life and work of Yousuf Karsh, and his 30 years of working with Mr. Karsh and his photographs….
Lecture at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Lecture at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan 6.00 pm, August 9, 2011 Jerry Fielder, Curator and Director of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, will speak on the life…
Annual Karsh Lecture in Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Established in 1996, by Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh, the Annual Lecture brings noted photographers to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to share their life’s work and philosophy. Inaugurated by…
Heroes of World War II
Winston Churchill, 1941 Heroes of World War II: Men and Women Who Put Their Lives on the Line is a new publication from LIFE Books that features important figures from…
Emil Schram and Sons
…three sons. They had seen the photograph in an article titled “Why I told my boys to invest first in life insurance!” published in the Montreal Gazette. The Library and…
“We Met in Paris”
…Her Life with Marguerite Yourcenar. Grace Frick introduced English-language readers all over the world to the distinguished French author Marguerite Yourcenar with her award-winning translation of Yourcenar’s novel Memoirs of…
Jerome Robbins
…titled “Voice of My City” which traces Robbins’ life and dances alongside the history of New York. In its review, New York’s local news WNYC says: “The exhibit is organized…
Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico
…but express an intense personal and poetic lyricism about her native country. One of the most influential photographers active in Latin America today, Iturbide captures everyday life and its cultures,…
Leonard Bernstein 100: The Masters Photograph the Maestro
…iconic images, which tell the Maestro’s life story through the unique vantage point of these image-makers and their revelatory (and sometimes never-before-seen) photographs. A foreword by Bernstein’s three children, along…
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir, 1951 Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Buchan’s granddaughter, Ursula Buchan, is out now from Bloomsbury UK. This extensive biography tells how…
The Charter of the United Nations
…and came into force on 24 October 1945. Yousuf Karsh was sent there by LIFE to photograph the delegates, including Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary at the time; His Royal…
Berenice Abbott
…1989. He spoke at her funeral in 1991, and you can listen to a recording here. Abbott’s fascinating life is explored in Julia Van Haaften’s biography Berenice Abbott: A Life…
Clare Boothe Luce
…a leading conservative in later life and was well known for her anti-communism. In her youth, she briefly aligned herself with the liberalism of President Franklin Roosevelt as a protégé…
Judy Garland
…LIFE. Other Hollywood actors who were photographed for the magazine that same year include Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Boris Karloff, and Gregory Peck. See a complete list of LIFE sittings….
Elie Wiesel
…book-lined study, I found an erudite storyteller, a Holocaust survivor who has retained a bittersweet sense of life and placed it in the service of worldwide peace and human rights.”…
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
…to the immigration museum in Halifax because of the unique bond that Halifax has with the life history of Yousuf Karsh himself,” said Hilliard T. Goldfarb, the emeritus senior curator…
“Countless Journeys”
…the performing and visual arts. They begin with “a celebration of the life and work of legendary photographer Yousuf Karsh.” “Karsh’s life story, from refugee to world-class photographer, unfolds, along…
Bernard Baruch
…Baruch, May 11, 1944. Special Advisor to Director, Office of War Mobilization. For LIFE Magazine.” Baruch died on this day, June 20, in 1965. Read more about his life (Wikipedia)….
“Ottawa Art & Artists”
…I welcomed an invitation to join the Ottawa Little Theatre, an enthusiastic group of amateur players. The casual invitation was to have lasting effects on my life and career. The…
Elie Wiesel
…book-lined study, I found an erudite storyteller, a Holocaust survivor who has retained a bittersweet sense of life and placed it in the service of worldwide peace and human rights.”…
Bernard Baruch
…European allies. Read more (Wikipedia) Bernard M. Baruch was photographed by Karsh in 1944 as “Special Advisor to Director, Office of War Mobilization” for LIFE Magazine. See more Bernard Baruch….
Harry S. Truman
…served four months as Vice President before Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office. Karsh photographed him as Senator Harry S. Truman, Missouri, for LIFE Magazine in 1944, and again in…
Anthony Eden
…Right Honorable Anthony Eden as British Foreign Secretary in 1943 with Canada’s Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. Eden sat again for LIFE magazine in 1945, and once more in…
Josip Broz Tito
…Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, serving as both prime minister (1944–1963), president (later President for life) (1953–1980), and marshal of Yugoslavia, the highest rank of the Yugoslav People’s Army. …
Clement Attlee
…cards reading: 1941: “Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP”; 1943: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and 1949:…
Clement Attlee
…Sitter cards reading: 1941: “Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP”; 1943: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and…
Symposium at The Art Institute of Chicago
…Life and Work Reviewing his history, his family, the influence of his mentors, the development of his style, and Fielder’s 30 years of working with him and his photographs. Colin…
Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh on British Five Pound Note
…Commenting on the choice, the Governor (of the Bank of England) said: “Our banknotes acknowledge the life and work of great Britons. Sir Winston Churchill was a truly great British…
CBC News: New exposure for master portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh
…just starting to overtake film as the most popular photographic medium. It’s perhaps long overdue, but now a much more complete picture of the great portrait photographer’s life and work…
Photographing the Presidents: Sharon Farmer and David Hume Kennerly
…of rare. With two former presidential photographers, David Hume Kennerly and Sharon Farmer, hear true inside perspectives on photographing, travelling, and experiencing the daily life of the leader of the…
Dr. Helen Taussig
Dr. Helen Taussig, 1975 Helen Brooke Taussig (1898 – 1986) was an American cardiologist who founded the field of pediatric cardiology and is credited with a life-extending procedure for children…
Follow the North Star: Inuit Art from the Collection of Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh
…are organized thematically, with sections focusing on family and daily life; hunting; shamans and myths; and tradition and the incursion of the modern world. In addition to the prints, the…
Clement Attlee Biography Wins Orwell Prize
…element of heroism. Here was a man born in the governing class who devoted his life to the service of the poor; who was carried off the battlefield three times…
Romeo and Juliet
…invitation to join the Ottawa Little Theatre, an enthusiastic group of amateur players. The casual invitation was to have lasting effects on my life and career. The experience of photographing…
John F. Kennedy
…Senator Edward Kennedy, in 1968, and Robert Kennedy, US Attorney General at the time, in 1962. See John F. Kennedy on the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1961 and 1963….
Ford Motor Company
…See Karsh “On Assignment“. He photographed Ford’s grandson, Henry Ford II, for LIFE Magazine in 1946, and again in 1968. Ford II was president of the Ford Motor Company from…
Peggy Cummins, 1925–2017
…up remained a mystery for many years before we learned it was Peggy Cummins, who was photographed in 1946 for LIFE Magazine. Read her obituary in the New York Times….
John Buchan and Yousuf Karsh
…to a sudden end five years later when he lost his life after a tragic fall. For Karsh, this association honed his interpersonal and professional skills and expanded his clientele…
The Crown
…episodes over six seasons, with 10 one-hour episodes per season, covering Elizabeth’s life from her younger years to her reign, and with new actors being cast every two seasons. Naturally,…
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier
…her new life far from the Hollywood sound stages. A few moments later, after running a comb through her hair and quickly changing her clothes, the beautiful woman, and future…
Relentless: The Stories Behind the Photographs of Neil Leifer
…in 1996, by Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh, the Lecture brings noted photographers to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to share their life’s work and philosophy. Mr. Leifer began his…
Better Photography: Great Masters
…go about encapsulating his larger-than-life subjects in a photograph? What did he look for? And in the case of some of them, how did he maneuver around their daunting personalities?…
Lost Taussigs: The Consequences of Gender Discrimination in Medicine
…developed the Blalock–Taussig shunt for congenital cyanotic heart disease, creating a life-extending solution for a condition previously thought to be untreatable. Widely considered the founder of pediatric cardiology and a…
Dr. Victor McKusick
…MSSF to present their projects in life sciences, engineering, computer sciences, environmental sciences, and other STEM fields. The MSSF awards over $1 million in college tuition scholarships and provides a…
Fidel Castro
…impressed that Castro – a revolutionary – should have made room in his life for these creative luminaries. See some magazine covers that featured Karsh in their obituaries of Castro….
Estrellita Karsh Interview for WYSO
…Nakash, who inspired him to take photos. On December 30, 1941, age 32, his life was forever changed when Winston Churchill visited Ottawa. Listen to the interview. Winston Churchill, 1941…
Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer
…Images were generous to share their digital copy, which will be added to the Life in Images gallery on this website. Click here to see Karsh’s choice from the sitting….
Charles Aznavour, 1924-2018
…died this week, leaving behind more than 1,200 songs, and sales of 180 million records. Yousuf Karsh photographed Aznavour in Ottawa in 1987. Read more about his extraordinary life (Wikipedia)….
Viscountess Astor
…Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. Viscountess Astor was photographed by Yousuf Karsh in 1946, one year after she was “persuaded to retire.” Read about her fascinating life….
Pearl Buck
…the Nobel Prize for Literature “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.” NobelPrize.org. Of course, Mr. Karsh photographed many Nobel…
Eleanor Roosevelt
…to seek fulfillment in leading a public life of her own. She persuaded Franklin to stay in politics after he was stricken with a paralytic illness in 1921, which cost…
Jacques Cousteau
…studied the sea and all forms of life in water. Karsh photographed Cousteau and his two sons, Jean-Michel and Philippe, in January, 1972. Jacques Cousteau died aged 87, and his…
Fulton J. Sheen
…decree from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints stating that he lived a life of “heroic virtues” – a major step towards beatification – and he is now referred…
Eleanor Roosevelt
…remaining 17 years of her life. She pressed the United States to join and support the United Nations and became its first delegate. She served as the first chair of…
Ruth Draper
…presented them successfully on stages in Europe and America from the 1910s on… She resisted recording offers until late in her life, when she recorded a series of her monologues…
Winston Churchill
…would make his outstanding portrait of the great British Prime Minister. My portrait of Winston Churchill changed my life. I knew after I had taken it that it was an…
Russ Bannock, 1919-2020
…20 minutes. After three hours he walked out. Karsh interviewed him, wanted to know his life history to that point, set different lighting and finally took the photo as attached….
Estrellita Karsh
…life, she has not ceased working to maintain his legacy since his passing in 2002. You can read about Estrellita’s activities here – scroll down for information about the Karsh…
Charles Schulz
…break in late 1997 to celebrate his 75th birthday; reruns of the strip ran during his vacation, the only time that occurred during Schulz’s life. Read more (Wikipedia) In Karsh’s…
Justice Felix Frankfurter
…noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Karsh photographed Frankfurter on assignment for LIFE – see a list of others who Karsh photographed for the magazine….
Sir Thomas Beecham
…London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Beecham was a major influence on the musical life of Britain and, according to the BBC, was Britain’s first international conductor. Read more…
Lammot du Pont II
…founded in 1802 as a gunpowder mill. Du Pont sat for Karsh as part of a series for LIFE called “Captains of Industry” – See the others who were photographed….
John F. Kennedy
…his run for the Presidency. LIFE magazine’s memorial edition for John F. Kennedy after his death in 1963 would feature a color portrait from the 1960 sitting. See more Kennedys….
Helen Keller
…her sight and hearing. At the age of seven she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan, who taught her language, including reading and writing; and on this…
Frank Lloyd Wright
…collection of Japanese prints than the survival of his Imperial Hotel in Tokyo during an earthquake. At one point this avowed iconoclast surprised me: ‘Most men scramble through life, ready…
Thomas Mann’s Hands
…California, for LIFE magazine. “There was one picture in particular that won the attention of the photographer and of his sitter: a close-up of Thomas Mann’s hands.” Mann was a…
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi
…Buthelezi also acted in the film, playing the role of his real-life great-grandfather, King Cetshwayo kaMpande, and recently defended the film against claims of racism. Read his statement. Karsh photographed…
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck, 1954 A new biography of John Steinbeck by William Souder is out now. Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck (WW Norton), features this portrait as…
Paul Robeson
…One Can Silence Me: Young Adult Edition. The Life of Legendary Artist and Activist Paul Robeson. “Paul Robeson was destined for greatness. The son of an ex-slave who upon his…
Her Majesty
…story of her public and private life. Brimming with tradition, history, glamour, and culture, this book features international tours, state functions, royal weddings, and jubilees, and showcases the glorious royal…
Max Stern
Max Stern, 1973 A nice new addition to the digital archives is this 1973 portrait of German-born businessman and philanthropist Max Stern. Stern rebuilt his life in Canada after anti-Semitic…
Yousuf Karsh, 1908-2002
…and the records have been transcribed and are searchable here on this website. Get a glimpse behind the scenes of his six prolific decades in our Life in Images gallery….
Joan Baez
…new life into the genre and powered rock music’s turn toward social and political consciousness.” Baez is one of a handful who were photographed for Look magazine for an article…
Jascha Heifetz
…take our fiddles and break them across our knees.” Late in life, Heifetz became a dedicated teacher and a champion of socio-political causes. He publicly advocated to establish 911 as…
John Buchan
…close: read more about their relationship. Read more about this portrait, and about the 2019 biography Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Buchan’s granddaughter, Ursula Buchan….
Kim Novak
…based on W. Somerset Maugham‘s 1915 novel of the same title. Novak has spent the latter part of her life as an artist and activist and will be releasing a…
Vyacheslav Molotov
…Francisco Conference”; the conference resulted in the creation of the United Nations Charter. It was during this visit to the USA that he was photographed by Karsh, for LIFE Magazine….
“Hemingway”
We are very pleased to announce our partnership with the creators of the new three-part, six-hour series “Hemingway” in which Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the life and work…
Gregory Peck
…Loren. Yousuf Karsh photographed several other big Hollywood names in 1946, including Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Boris Karloff, and Sidney Greenstreet. Several were photographed for LIFE. See more….
Frank Lloyd Wright
…through life, ready to snatch and run, thus cutting themselves off from divinity within. If I don’t believe in the now, I can’t believe in the hereafter.’” See another portrait…
James McIntosh
James McIntosh, 1945 When Yousuf Karsh was assigned to photograph General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, for LIFE magazine, Marshall said to the photographer, “You…
Judy Garland
Judy Garland, 1946 The American actress, singer and dancer Judy Garland was born on this day, June 10, in 1992 (d. 1969). Karsh photographed her for LIFE magazine in 1946….
Stephen Leacock
…domestic life. Wit, a quality quite different from humour, constantly bubbled in his casual talk. One evening, for instance, he decided to take me fishing. Two craft were moored at…
William Lyon Mackenzie King
…I should have suspected the vast gulf between Mackenzie King’s public image and his private life. Through the Prime Minister’s patronage, I obtained some of my most important photographs, including…
The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence
…achievement who embody the integrity of the Canadian spirit. The exhibition will trace the chronology of the artist’s life and stylistic development and the evolving world history he so brilliantly…
“The World of Yousuf Karsh”
…early life, and how the two of them met, when she was a medical writer and Karsh came to photograph Dr. Walter Alvarez, the doctor with whom she worked at…
“Becoming Cousteau”
Jacques Cousteau, 1972 The new documentary Becoming Cousteau from National Geographic “takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made…
Grace Kelly
…curlers! Newly engaged to Rainier, the Prince of Monaco, she was in the throes of preparing for her departure for her new life far from the Hollywood sound stages. A…
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Kurt Vonnegut, 1990 In 1982, a young filmmaker wrote a letter to his literary idol, proposing a documentary on the author’s life and work. Kurt Vonnegut soon met with Robert…
Gordon Parks
…is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s (taken for a federal government project), for his photographic essays for LIFE magazine, and as the director…
A Conversation With Estrellita Karsh
…Karsh reveals insights into Yousuf’s early life, and how the two of them met, when she was a medical writer and Karsh came to photograph Dr. Walter Alvarez, the doctor…
Yousuf Karsh’s Birthday
…and the records have been transcribed and are searchable here on this website. Get a glimpse behind the scenes of his six prolific decades in our Life in Images gallery….
Bob Cousy
…bathroom and had to use the shabby “for colored” facility – as one of the most shameful experiences of his life. This portrait from 1990 has been freshly scanned and…
Kim Novak
…which is based on W. Somerset Maugham‘s 1915 novel of the same title. Novak has spent the latter part of her life as an artist and activist. Kim Novak is…
James V. Forrestal
…of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. He was born on February 15, 1892, (d. 1949) and was photographed by Karsh in 1944 for LIFE Magazine….
Carl Jung
…end of his life, including Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies in 1959, the year after he was photographed by Karsh. The book analyzed the…
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller, 1944 Nelson Rockefeller was born on this day, July 8, in 1908 (d. 1979). He was born into great wealth but forged a life of his own in…
Nelson Mandela
…the Chateau Laurier for his portrait. Read what happened. When Mandela died in 2013, Apple used this Karsh portrait on their home page to commemorate the great man’s life. …
Ernest Hemingway
…man I ever photographed – a man cruelly battered by life, but seemingly invincible. He was still suffering from the effects of a plane accident that occurred during his fourth…
Sports Illustrated
Henry Luce, 1944 August 16, 1954, saw the launch of Sports Illustrated magazine. It was founded by Henry Luce (1898-1967), an American magazine magnate who also founded Time, LIFE, and…
Charles Schulz Centenary
…Schulz’s life. Read more (Wikipedia) In Karsh’s book American Legends (Bullfinch Press, 1992) Karsh wrote of the artist “He presented me with America’s favorite beagle, a tiny velvet “Snoopy,” as…
John F. Kennedy
…Kennedy in 1957 and 1960, when JFK was the senator for Massachusetts. Jacqueline Kennedy was also photographed in ’57. LIFE Magazine’s memorial edition for John F. Kennedy after his death…
Jascha Heifetz
…take our fiddles and break them across our knees.” Late in life, Heifetz became a dedicated teacher and a champion of socio-political causes. He publicly advocated to establish 911 as…
Kim Novak
…on W. Somerset Maugham‘s 1915 novel of the same title. Novak has spent the latter part of her life as an artist and activist. See a second portrait of Kim…
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez, 1991 Fabulous to see Karsh’s color portrait of Chavez used to illustrate an article in National Geographic online, “The civil rights leader spent his life advocating for farm…
Thomas Mann
…6, in 1875 (d. 1955). Mann was photographed by Karsh for LIFE magazine in 1946, one of more than 50 people Karsh photographed for that publication between 1943 (M. Jan…
Frank Lloyd Wright
…life, ready to snatch and run, thus cutting themselves off from divinity within. If I don’t believe in the now, I can’t believe in the hereafter.’” See another portrait of…
Jean Cocteau
…and he, of course, was busy with a thousand things… this master-of-all-arts and insatiable experimenter with life. We arranged, therefore, to take the pictures in a friend’s apartment, directly about…
Stephen Leacock
…domestic life. “Wit, a quality quite different from humour, constantly bubbled in his casual talk. One evening, for instance, he decided to take me fishing. Two craft were moored at…
Ralph Nader
…he believes performed extraordinarily well as business leaders and civic reformers, some well-known, some not, who should be celebrated as exceptions whose life and career should be a course of…
John F. Kennedy
…Kennedy in 1957 and 1960, when JFK was the senator for Massachusetts. Jacqueline Kennedy was also photographed in ’57. LIFE Magazine’s memorial edition for John F. Kennedy after his death…
Jean Sibelius
…power of selection, and although the signs of age and the ebbing of life were there, it could still capture, in a fleeting second, the noble soul and the immortal…
William O. Douglas
…He was photographed in 1944 for LIFE magazine and again 1963. We have recently added this later portrait to the website thanks to an inquiry from someone fortunate enough to…
Charles Schulz
…only one vacation, a five-week break in late 1997 to celebrate his 75th birthday; reruns of the strip ran during his vacation, the only time that occurred during Schulz’s life….
Peggy Cummins
…actors. Read more (Wikipedia). Karsh photographed Cummins on this day, February 21, in 1946, for LIFE magazine. We do not have a digitized copy of her portrait but we do…
Awards
Achievement of Life Award
Bibliography
Exhibitions
Portraits, curated by Grazia Neri
Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images
Tribute to Karsh’s 100th Birthday
Behind the Words: Literary Portraits by Yousuf Karsh
Karsh Centenary Exhibition
Yousuf Karsh: Industrial Images
The Most Famous People in the World: Karsh 100
Yousuf Karsh: Icons of the 20th Century
Karsh Goes Hollywood
The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence
General
A Brief Biography
…it was the original Garden of Eden, should have been the scene of the Turkish atrocities against the Armenians in 1915. Cruelty and torture were everywhere; nevertheless, life had to…
His Life in Pictures
Yousuf Karsh with his mentor, John Garo, 1930 Self-Portrait, 1933 Karsh’s late wife Solange, 1935 Self-Portrait, 1930s Solange with John Garo, 1939 With his brother Malak Karsh, Ottawa, 1940s With…
Legacy
…He would return to the museum throughout his life. Yousuf and Estrellita Karsh have endowed the museum through the work of the Karsh Center, and it holds the archive of…