“The World of Yousuf Karsh”
More press for the exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier21.
Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century
More press for the exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier21.
Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.
We are honoring Earth Day with the futurist Buckminster Fuller.
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday today.
George Ball was an American diplomat and banker.
It’s Jackie Robinson Day in the United States on April 15th.
The conservationist known as Grey Owl was born Archibald Belaney in England in 1888 and died on this day, April 13, in 1938.
“‘He will never be here,’ the gallery owner commented, when my assistant and two hundred pounds of equipment arrived.”
Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.
Two prints of Georgia O’Keeffe from the 1956 Sitting at her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, have been freshly scanned.
Professional Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe was born on March 31, 1928.
Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. commemorates the gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki of Tokyo.
The Karsh website celebrates five years alive on the Internet this year.
We are thrilled to add more images of Ralph Bunche to the database.
We lost Elizabeth Taylor on this day, March 23, in 2011.
“…he and his Dalmatian, Chili, companionably shared the flickering candlelight.”
“I wanted this exhibition to come to the immigration museum because of the unique bond that Halifax has with the life history of Yousuf Karsh himself.”
On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all.
“At Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, I found Einstein a simple, kindly, almost childlike man…”
“The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence” has traveled to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Samuel Barber was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator.
Mikhail Gorbachev was born on this day, March 2, in 1931.
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic substance.
On February 28, 1953, Cambridge University scientists James Watson and Francis Crick announced that they had determined the double-helix structure of DNA.
Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines.
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.
Warhol was once advised by an art teacher to paint what he liked, which happened to be rather ordinary things.
British-American poet W. H. Auden was born on this day, February 21, in 1907.
Judith Jamison is an American dancer and choreographer.
Canadian figure skater Barbara Ann Scott was the 1948 Olympic champion.
Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
American actress Kim Novak celebrated her 89th birthday on February 13, 2022.
On February 11, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
Claude Ryan was a Canadian journalist and politician.
On February 6, 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
Bob Cousy is a beloved American former professional basketball player.
British polymath Bertrand Russell died on this day, February 2, in 1970.
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson was born on this day, January 31, in 1919.
As part of the virtual vernissage for our exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Estrellita Karsh spoke with Mary-Dailey Desmarais, Chief Curator.
With so many Sittings it is not possible for us to include images of every subject but we do keep adding to the digital archive.