Estrellita Karsh, 1930-2025
Our dear Estrellita Karsh died peacefully at her home in Boston on Friday, March 28, 2025.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Sheen was a Catholic bishop known for his preaching.
Henry Moore
“We went together over spacious lawns and hillocks populated by his monumental bronzes.”
“Influence and Identity”
On view at Nassau County Museum of Art.
The Marx Brothers
“Funny Stuff, How Comedy Shaped American History”
Zubin Mehta
Mehta is one of the most celebrated conductors of his generation.
Prince Charles
Charles was photographed at Rideau Hall.
Queen Elizabeth
Today marks the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.
Arnold J. Toynbee
Toynbee was photographed as Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Betty Ford
The influential first lady was born on this day in 1918.
Intimate Audrey
Sean Hepburn Ferrer writes his own story of his mother’s life.
Marjorie McKenzie
McKenzie made history in 1930 as the first woman to take the foreign service exam.
Pope John Paul II
“Pope John Paul II talked with me about the rescued Polish art treasures I had photographed in Canada.”
Yukio Ozaki
The National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the gift of cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki.
Hans Hartung
Hartung was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style.
Earl Warren
Warren served as Governor of California and as Chief Justice of the United States.
Queen Elizabeth Centenary
2026 marks 100 years since the birth of Queen Elizabeth II.
Rudolph Nureyev
Nureyev was born on this day in 1938.
Yuri Gagarin
Karsh photographed Gagarin during a two-month trip to Moscow in 1963.
Kiri Te Kanawa
Te Kanawa was born on this day in 1944.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev was born on this day, March 2, in 1931.
Jascha Heifetz
Heifetz is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.
Jonas Salk
On this day in 1954 the first trials of Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine began.
John Glenn
February 20 marks the anniversary of Glenn’s orbit of the Earth.
Walter Lippmann
Lippmann was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator.
Tennessee Williams
“Williams’s reply to my desire to photograph him was enthusiastic and spontaneous.”
Presidents’ Day
Today is Presidents’ Day federal holiday in the United States.
Nelson Mandela
Karsh photographed Mandela during Mandela’s visit to the Canadian parliament.
King George VI
On this day in 1952, Britain’s King George VI died.
Stephen Leacock
“He awarded me the Stephen Leacock Non-Existent Gold Medal.”
Paul Robeson
“Kings and Pawns, Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America” is out now.
Albert Schweitzer
Among Karsh’s ambitions was to photograph Schweitzer.
Christian Dior
“I decided to portray him standing partially hidden behind a screen.”
Estrellita Karsh
This year, Estrellita’s birthday coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Karsh and Garo
In the late 1920s Yousuf Karsh apprenticed with Boston-based portraitist John H. Garo.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A third portrait of Dr. King.
Joan Baez
Baez was born on this day, January 9, in 1941.
Lord Mountbatten
This cover of Maclean’s from 1944 shows an early color portrait.
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times.
D. Kenneth Sargent
Sargent was an architect and educator.