Clare Boothe Luce
The Eisenhower Memorial Commission is celebrating Women’s History Month with women who were pioneers in American diplomacy during the Eisenhower administration.
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The Artist’s Mirror
As part of a five-year collaboration with Library and Archives Canada, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary will host a series of exhibitions drawn from the national portrait collection.
Albert Einstein
On this day, March 14, in 1879, Albert Einstein was born. Karsh found Einstein “a simple, kindly, almost childlike man, too great for any of the postures of eminence.”
Hubert de Givenchy, 1927-2018
“Mr. Givenchy came to the attention of the young Ms. Hepburn, a rising star who was so charmed by his youthful designs that she insisted that he make her clothes for nearly all of her movies, and help mold her sylphlike image in the process.”
Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig
On International Women’s Day we are honoring Dr. Helen Brooke Taussig, ground-breaking American cardiologist.
Muhammad Ali meets Joe Frazier
On this day, March 8, in 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier engaged in the “Fight of the Century” at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Yousuf Karsh and Ronald Reagan
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum has digitized a series of contact sheets showing Karsh’s visit to the White House to photograph the President in January, 1982.
Billy Graham, 1918-2018
Billy Graham was a spiritual adviser to American presidents and provided spiritual counsel for every president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.
Harland Saunders
The United Kingdom is experiencing a chicken-related “fiasco” as Kentucky Fried Chicken’s supplier fails to make deliveries to KFC restaurants across the country.
Yousuf Karsh and Edward Steichen
“The prospect of photographing such a giant was awesome.”
Sir Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
On this day, February 14, in 1929, Sir Alexander Fleming first published his discovery of penicillin in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology.
Jean Monnet
Jean Monnet was a French political economist and diplomat, and is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott was a Canadian figure skater. She was the 1948 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a four-time Canadian national champion in ladies’ singles.
Nelson Mandela Released
On this day, February 11, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years in confinement.
Marguerite Yourcenar
In celebration of the UK’s LGBT History Month, Richard Bruce Parkinson, professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford, writes about French novelist and essayist Marguerite Yourcenar’s essay ‘Le cerveau noir de Piranèse’.
Frank M. Folsom
We received an email about this photograph from a man hoping we could help identify the subject. After some pondering of the handwriting, we searched on this website.
Andrei Sakharov Memorial Concert
“… it is the best photo that visualizes the humanity of Sakharov and at the same time is the face that most people remember. Karsh’s photo is exactly the one that fits.”
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Style
Fashion-industry trade journal Women’s Wear Daily reviewed “Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style” which is on view at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, through April 1, 2018. Estrellita Karsh shares her recollections in the article.
Norman Mailer
Norman Mailer was born on this day, January 31, in 1923. “I hope you can spend the evening,” was Mailer’s greeting. “I’m planning to cook dinner for you.”
Roe vs. Wade
45 years ago today the United States Supreme Court made its decision that a right to privacy extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
On this day, January 22, in 1973, former US President Lyndon Baines Johnson died of a heart attack at the age of 64.
Katharine Graham: The Post
Katharine Graham was an American publisher who led The Washington Post for more than two decades, overseeing the Watergate coverage that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
John Buchan and Yousuf Karsh
The fiftieth issue of the John Buchan Society’s Journal, was published at the end of 2017 and features an essay by our Curator, Jerry Fielder, about the warm and fruitful relationship between Buchan and Karsh.
Churchill Presentation Ceremony, Moscow
A Churchill presentation ceremony was held at the British Official Residence in Moscow in December.
Peggy Cummins, 1925–2017
The subject in the negative Karsh is holding up remained a mystery for many years before we learned it was Peggy Cummins, who was photographed in 1946.
Richard Nixon’s Refusal
On this day, January 4, in 1974, President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
The Robert Simpson Company
During wartime, Canadian retailers did their best to support the war effort at home by selling war bonds and supporting enlisted staff.
In Pursuit of Happiness
The exhibition “Happiness, In Pursuit of Happiness” will include this wonderful portrait of William Holder, a sailmaker of some 60 years, in his loft in St. John, New Brunswick.
Max Stern
A controversy surrounding an exhibition in Düsseldorf arose recently and led to the cancellation of “Max Stern: From Dusseldorf to Montreal.”
Follow the North Star: Inuit Art from the Collection of Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh
This exhibition presents a selection of Inuit prints from the collection of renowned portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh and his wife Estrellita.
Winston Churchill: Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman stars in the latest film about Winston Churchill, Darkest Hour, which is out now in the US and coming to the UK in the new year.
Karsh: Officer of the Order of Canada
On this day, December 22, in 1967, Yousuf Karsh was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada.
Charles de Gaulle
On this day, December 21, in 1958, Charles de Gaulle was elected as the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.
Library and Archives Canada
In the 1930s, Karsh was in Ottawa photographing the general public, including weddings, children, pets and passport photos, in amongst local dignitaries, and productions of the Ottawa Little Theatre.
The Nobel Prize
On this day, December 10, in 1901, on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. The philanthropist left the bulk of his estate to establish the annual Prize.
Yousuf Karsh at Reindeer Station
Yousuf Karsh is seen here at Reindeer Station, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, in photos taken by Reverend Ralph Gibson in the early 1950s. Both men were there for an annual reindeer round-up.
Britain’s Prince Harry to Marry
The youngest son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana has announced his engagement. He is seen above at three years old.
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, installed the first moving assembly line for mass production on this day, December 1, in 1913. This enabled Ford to produce a more affordable automobile.
Camera Press at 70: The Documentary
Founded in 1947 by photographer Tom Blau, Camera Press celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. It is one of the world’s leading independent picture agencies with a long and distinguished history, representing the work of iconic photographic legends as well as modern masters.
The Warren Commission
On this day, November 29, in 1963, one week after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission. Leading the investigation into the assassination was Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren.