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Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

“Influence and Identity”

Helen Keller and Polly Thompson, 1948

Influence and Identity: Twentieth Century Portrait Photography from the Bank of America Collection” has traveled to Nassau County Museum of Art. This exhibition, which explores how twentieth-century photographers captured the power and personality of the modern era, is on view now through July 12, 2026.

There are nine Karsh portraits, including Helen Keller and Polly Thomson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Winston Churchill, and Robert Frost, alongside photographs by Edward Steichen, Man Ray, and Berenice Abbott.

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