Elizabeth Taylor
We lost Elizabeth Taylor on this day, March 23, in 2011.
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Bobby Short
“…he and his Dalmatian, Chili, companionably shared the flickering candlelight.”
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
“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.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
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.
Albert Einstein
“At Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, I found Einstein a simple, kindly, almost childlike man…”
“The World of Yousuf Karsh” Heads to Halifax
“The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence” has traveled to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was born on this day, March 2, in 1931.
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic substance.
James Watson
On February 28, 1953, Cambridge University scientists James Watson and Francis Crick announced that they had determined the double-helix structure of DNA.
Corazon Aquino
Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines.
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.
Andy Warhol
Warhol was once advised by an art teacher to paint what he liked, which happened to be rather ordinary things.
W. H. Auden
British-American poet W. H. Auden was born on this day, February 21, in 1907.
Judith Jamison
Judith Jamison is an American dancer and choreographer.
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater Barbara Ann Scott was the 1948 Olympic champion.
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
Kim Novak
American actress Kim Novak celebrated her 89th birthday on February 13, 2022.
Nelson Mandela
On February 11, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan was a Canadian journalist and politician.
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee
On February 6, 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy is a beloved American former professional basketball player.
Lord Bertrand Russell
British polymath Bertrand Russell died on this day, February 2, in 1970.
Jackie Robinson
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson was born on this day, January 31, in 1919.
“The World of Yousuf Karsh”
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.
Albert Camus
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.
John Updike
American novelist, poet, and short-story writer John Updike died on this day, January 27, in 2009.
Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.
Apollo 11
A follower on Instagram asked whether there was a story to go with Karsh’s meeting with the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Princess Elizabeth
The cover of this week’s “Hello! Canada” features this beautiful color portrait from Karsh’s 1951 sitting with Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth.
Audrey Hepburn
Actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn was born on January 20, in 1993.
Dr. Thomas Cullen
The Judith Robinson fonds at McMaster University Library in Hamilton, Ontario, contains an original print of this portrait of Dr. Thomas Cullen.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali was born on this day, January 17, in 1942.
Albert Schweitzer
On this day, January 14, in 1875, Albert Schweitzer was born.
Sir Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist Edmund Hillary died on January 11 in 2008.
Harold Macmillan
British Conservative politician Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day, January 10, in 1957.
Konrad Adenauer
German statesman Konrad Adenauer was born on this day, January 5, in 1876.
Albert Camus
Nobel Prize winning author, journalist, and philosopher Albert Camus died on this day, January 4, in 1960.
Back to Work
In 1952, Karsh accepted a lengthy assignment from “Maclean’s” magazine to document Canada’s postwar economic development.
Happy New Year
Wishing all our friends and followers a safe, happy and healthy new year.