Bank of Canada Honours the Historic Reign of Queen Elizabeth II with Commemorative Note
The Bank of Canada honored the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth on September 9th, 2015, with the launch of a commemorative bank note.
Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century
The Bank of Canada honored the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth on September 9th, 2015, with the launch of a commemorative bank note.
These are the 2015 Winners of the Hemingway Look-Alike competition…
Royal Canadian Mint engravers have expertly reproduced the original portrait taken by Yousuf Karsh in 1948.
The stamp was designed with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh, taken on Mandela’s first visit to Canada in 1990.
“The MESSENGER Education and Public Outreach (EPO) Team, coordinated through Carnegie Science, announces the winning names from its competition to name five impact craters on Mercury.”
“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. It was easy to find inspiration for her portrait in Yousuf Karsh’s photograph from 1956.”
As it did for the passing of company cofounder Steve Jobs, Apple replaced its home page with a simple homage to Nelson Mandela.
As a cultural luminary who helped to form the Canadian identity, a portrait of him by Yousuf Karsh was essential. The stamp frames an all-knowing academic figure, with his trademark beard worthy of a mythic god.
Salgado gives us a breathtaking look at what remains of an earlier earth, unblemished by humanity’s destruction and carelessness, in Genesis.
The stamp features 12 portraits of Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh. It is a detail from part of the 48 Views series created by Arnaud Maggs (1926-2012) in the early 1980s.
For two young emigrant brothers who loved each other and loved the country that welcomed them so warmly, it was very meaningful that each of them should have a photograph on the Canadian One Dollar Bill.
Traveling exhibition from the Sejong Center at 315 Art Center, Changwon City, S. Korea.
Introduced by former Michigan Governor James Blanchard, Jerry Fielder, Curator and Director of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, will speak on the life and work of Yousuf Karsh.
Traveling exhibition from the Sejong Center at Hotel Inter-Burgo Exco, Daegu, S. Korea.
Jerry Fielder, Curator 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.
If you were anybody in the 20th century, eventually you were photographed by Yousuf Karsh.
A festival of music and films presented in conjunction with the exhibit Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes.
Jerry Fielder, Curator 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.
At 395 Wellington, Library and Archives Canada will be mounting a small exhibition about some of the performers that Karsh photographed.
The Karsh Trail includes a dozen sites relating to Karsh’s life and work in downtown Ottawa.
Festival Karsh will introduce the Canadian portrait photographer, Yousuf Karsh, and his work to a broader audience by exploring the contexts, myths and stories behind his work.
Jerry Fielder, Curator 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.
David Travis, former Chair and Curator of the Department of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, discusses why Yousuf Karsh may be the last of his kind.
Four experts in the field will discuss Karsh in sympathy and in contrast to the exhibition Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes, which celebrates the centenary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh.
Estrellita Karsh, the widow of Yousuf Karsh, talks with csmonitor.com’s Pat Murphy about some of her late husband’s work.
Mrs. Estrellita Karsh, widow of renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), talks about her husband’s life and work in this video interview.
The Ottawa Citizen asked its readers to tell them about the people who had been immortalized by the young Karsh. These are their stories.
The Canada Post stamps will feature his 1956 portrait of Audrey Hepburn, his 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, and a self-portrait.