Billie Jean King
This portrait of the American former World No. 1 professional tennis player Billie Jean King is newly added to the database.
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Passport Photographs
Karsh took passport photographs in the 1930s.
Thurgood Marshall
The United States Supreme Court’s first African-American justice, Thurgood Marshall, was born on July 2, in 1908.
Dr. John P. Merrill
Dr. John P. Merrill was an American physician and medical researcher.
Canada Day
Canada Day is a federal statutory holiday which celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867.
Vannevar Bush
American engineer, inventor and science administrator, Vannevar Bush, died on this day, June 28, in 1974.
Juneteenth at the MMFA
The MMFA in Montgomery, Alabama, re-installed the Karsh walk for their Juneteenth celebrations.
Pablo Picasso
On June 24, in 1901, Pablo Picasso held his first major exhibition.
President Sukarno
Indonesia’s first President, Sukarno, died on this day, June 21, in 1970.
Michel Platini
Portugal’s star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has overtaken France’s Michel Platini as the record goalscorer at the European Championships.
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings was a British-born architect and furniture designer.
Judy Garland
The American actress, singer and dancer Judy Garland was born on this day, June 10, in 1992.
Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar was a French novelist and essayist who was born in Brussels on this day, June 8, in 1903.
Cornell Capa
Karsh photographed a handful of his fellow photographers. Robert Capa was photographed in 1981 and 1990.
Duke of Windsor
On June 3, 1937, former King Edward VIII married Wallis Simpson.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw’s wife, Charlotte, played a vital role in his masterworks.
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s first successful novel, “Tortilla Flat”, was published on this day, May 28, in 1935.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru was an Indian independence activist and, subsequently, the first Prime Minister of India.
Betty Ford
Newly added to the website are two portraits of Betty Ford.
Harold Wilson
British politician Harold Wilson died on this day, May 24, in 1995.
Andrei Sakharov
Today is the centenary of the birth of Andrei Sakharov.
Ralph Nader
Another image freshly added to the website, American political activist and attorney Ralph Nader.
“American Legends”
In 1992, Karsh published a book of portraits made in 1990 and 1991.
Dave Brubeck
American jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck is new to the website.
Jimmy Carter
“The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter” is out now from Crown/Random House.
Bernstein and Stravinsky
A new CD box set of Leonard Bernstein conducting works by Igor Stravinsky is out now from Sony Classical.
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was born on this day, May 7, in 1892.
Marx Brothers
“They had as wonderful a time with me as their willing and hapless victim as I did relishing their antics.”
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister on this day, May 4, in 1979.
James McIntosh
“You know, Mr. Karsh, the one that I would like you to photograph is not myself so much as my faithful aide.”
Michael Collins, 1930-2021
Astronaut Michael Collins has died.
Kawabata Yasunari
Dogū are small humanoid and animal figurines made during the later part of the Jōmon period of prehistoric Japan.
Prince Philip in Print
Magazines and newspapers around the world published Karsh photographs upon the announcement of Prince Philip’s death earlier this month.
Elizabeth II
Great Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch, Elizabeth II, is 95 today.
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963.
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, in 1947.
Bernard Madoff, 1938-2021
Bernard Madoff has died aged 82.
Canada’s Storytellers
“Canada’s Storytellers: the Governor General’s Literary Award Laureates” is out now from University of Ottawa Press.
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright died on this day, April 9, in 1959.
Prince Philip, 1921-2021
Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died.