Karsh Signature

Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century

Sittings

Every sitting was recorded on a card file by the Karsh studio. The cards have been transcribed and are searchable here. Some personal data has been excluded, some information corrected, and some standardizations have been made to make searching simpler, but otherwise the information you see is largely how it was originally typed. Browse or search below by name, and choose to order the sittings by number, date or name.

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Sittings by Sitting Number

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
14375
Aug 21 1982

Yousuf Karsh

With students in photography from Lansing Community College. Taken by assistant Gregory Lorfing. (one photograph of YK and Mary Alderman among photographs)
14379
Mar 12 1982

Robert A. Bandeen

Chairman & President, Crown Life Insurance Co.
For Concordia University, for Montreal Business Report magazine
14380
Mar 30 1982

James Earl Jones

Dual sitting with Christopher Plummer. In costumes for Othello and Iago parts
For LIFE Magazine
14380
Mar 30 1982

Christopher Plummer

Dual sitting with James Earl Jones. In costumes for Othello and Iago parts
For LIFE Magazine
14382
Apr 28 1982

Mr. Irvin Feld

Chairman & Producer, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
14386
Jun 10 1982

Judith Anderson

Individually and together with Zoe Caldwell, in the play “Medea”
For LIFE Magazine
14386
Jun 10 1982

Zoe Caldwell

Individually and together with Judith Anderson, in the play “Medea”
For LIFE Magazine
14386
Jun 10 1982

Medea

Actresses from the play. Judith Anderson and Zoe Caldwell in costume for parts in Medea. photographed together and individually
For LIFE Magazine
14390
Mar 1 1982

Gregory Lorfing

Assistant to Mr. Karsh. Tests made at the studio of strobe equipment
14391
Aug 6 1982

Mrs. Anna Silos

Wide of Ambassador of Brazil, Geraldo de Carvallo Silos
14394
Aug 19 1982

Dr. Joab Thomas

President, University of Alabama (Former president of North Carolina State University)
For North Carolina State University
14397
Aug 1 1982

Yousuf Karsh

Summer 1982. Miscellaneous - tests with Olympus camera. Mr. Karsh, Mrs. Karsh, Greg Lorfing and Mary Alderman in various photographs
14398
Jul 1 1982

Yousuf Karsh

Candid photographs taken during trip to France and Italy, with Jerry Fielder
14399
Sep 6 1982

Mr. Harry Mannil

President, ACO Sociedad Anonima, Caracas, Venezuela
14400
Sep 7 1982

Dr. Pedro Tinoco

Senior Partner of Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart, Erminy Y Asociados
14407
Oct 3 1982

Christ Church Anglican Cathedral

(special - photographs taken as a gift to church for 150th anniversary) Christ Church Anglican Cathedral (window - Memorial window for 150th anniversary of founding of Parish) Photographs of window and choir
14414
Oct 15 1982

Dr. Stanley B. Troup

Professor of Medicine, Health Care and Human Values, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
14415
Oct 18 1982

Robert Cooper

Personal Photographer for Prime Minister Trudeau
Taken as test before photographing the Prime Minister
14419
Mar 18 1982

Yousuf Karsh

With students of photography from Ryerson Institute, Toronto, visiting Mr. Karsh (taken by assistant Gregory Lorfing)
14427
Dec 10 1982

Mr. Ian Stewart

Retiring Minister of Finance, Department of Finance, Government of Canada
14431
Mar 4 1983

Dr. R. K. Smiley

Head, Department of Medicine, Ottawa General Hospital. Chief of Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University
14432
Mar 11 1983

George Rush

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
14456
Jun 13 1983

Mr. Gustave Kirchenberger

Retired chef of Green Valley Restaurant but still Vice President and a Director of the company
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