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“I was delighted to learn that Johan Helders, the maitre d’ of the Château Laurier Hotel, shared my love of photography, and I invited him to my modest studio during my early days in Ottawa. Here Helders contemplates one of his own photos. I could not have foreseen that some forty years later, Estrellita (Karsh) and I would become residents of this fabulous hotel.”