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.

BY NUMBER NAME DATE

Sittings by Sitter's Name

sitting #
date
Name
Role, Location, Notes
13932
Aug 15 1977

Dr. Shala Mousavi M.D.

Patients photographed at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. Juan Soto and mother, Anthony Calderon and mother, Isadore Zuckerman and wife, Maribel and Angelo Velasquez. Doctors Shala Mousavi, M.D., Peter Tsairis, M.D.
12811
Nov 15 1966

Mr. Ron Moxness

Embassy of the USA
Taken at time of Telescope TV filming
11060
Jul 23 1954

Frank Muir

Actor. With Denis Norden
For Everybody’s Magazine
12404
Jun 24 1964

Dr. Gerhard Muller

President of the Supreme Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht
15048
Jan 10 1988

Mr. Chris Mullin

with John B. Overzet and Henry Stolp, Penta Stolp Corporation
12196
Mar 1 1963

Janet Munro

Actress
For Sunday Pictorial, London, through Tom Blau
13762
Nov 13 1975

Dr. Eugene Munroe

Biosystems Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa
14961
Apr 6 1988

Mr. Ian W. Murray

President & Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé Enterprises Ltd.
13558
Dec 13 1973

Mr. Thomas F. Murray

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, The Equitable Life Mortgage and Realty Investors
13932
Aug 15 1977

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Patients photographed at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York. Juan Soto and mother, Anthony Calderon and mother, Isadore Zuckerman and wife, Maribel and Angelo Velasquez. Doctors Shala Mousavi, M.D., Peter Tsairis, M.D.
15214
Sep 24 1990

Ralph Nader

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
12673
Aug 25 1966

James J. Nance

First National Bank of Cleveland
For Finance Magazine Cover
14966
May 3 1988

Mr. Roy Napier

Headmaster, Ashbury College, Rockcliffe, Ottawa
12610
Jan 21 1966

Nasser

President of Egypt
14975
Apr 1 1988

National Gallery

Tests made at new National Gallery some with Jerry Fielder some with Glen Kachkowski
6616
Dec 6 1940

C. M. Nelles

Dept. of Naval Information, Photo Section. Son of Admiral Nelles. With brother
6917
Dec 10 1940

C. M. Nelles

Dept. of Naval Information, Photo Section. Son of Admiral Nelles
12838
Feb 22 1968

Mr. Wencel Neumann

Chairman, DeLaval Separator Company
Northwestern Mutual sitting
5792
Apr 1 1938

New York trip

and With Garo in Boston; scenes of Rochester
12638
Apr 22 1966

Beaumont Newhall

Director, George Eastman House
Snaps taken at Montreal during selection by International Panel of Exhibitions for Canadian Pavilion at EXPO67
11353
May 8 1956

Earl Newsom

Earl Newsom & Co. Public Relations
13974
Nov 23 1977

Dr. Eugene A. Nida

Executive Secretary to Translations, American Bible Society
14606
Oct 26 1984

Erik Nielsen

And Leslie (brother)
For Saturday Night Magazine
9503
Apr 1 1945

David K. Niles

Administrative Assistant to the President
For LIFE Magazine
13937
Jul 1 1977

Joanne Nisbet

Ballet Mistress
For National Ballet of Canada project
10311
May 4 1949

W. E. Nixon Esq.

Managing Director, de Havilland Works, England
European Trip
12547
Jun 26 1965

Joseph Noble

Operating Administrator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
13329
Jan 11 1972

Joseph Noble

Director, The Museum of the City of New York
11060
Jul 23 1954

Denis Norden

Actor. With Frank Muir
For Everybody’s Magazine
11931
Oct 21 1960

Emile Norman

Sculptor
For House Beautiful Magazine
15181
Apr 4 1990

Jessye Norman

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
10492
Sep 6 1959

Dr. Edwin Griswold Nourse

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
12191
Mar 1 1963

Kim Novak

For Sunday Pictorial, London, through Tom Blau
12501
Feb 18 1965

Mr. Pete Noyes

President, Oneida Silver Co.
For Manning Public Relations
11807
Jun 11 1959

Mr. Charles A. Nugent

Vice President and Secretary Treasurer, Stokely Van Camp
Northwestern Mutual sitting
13955
Jul 1 1977

Rudolph Nureyev

Appearing with National Ballet in Montreal performance
For National Ballet of Canada project
14120
Mar 26 1979

Mr. Arne Obel

Executive Vice President, Diamond Shamrock Corporation
11133
Dec 15 1954

Mr. R. S. Oelman

National Cash Register Company
Through PIX Publishing
12863
May 17 1968

Robert S. Oelman

President, National Cash Register Company
Northwestern Mutual sitting
14955
Mar 15 1988

Mr. Derek Oland

President, Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
For Brewers Association of Canada
15126
Oct 25 1989

Mr. Derek Oland

President, Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
For Brewers Association of Canada
10657
Oct 23 1951

George B. Oland Esq.

President & Managing Director, Moosehead Breweries Ltd.
For Dominion Brewers Association
14855
Feb 4 1987

Mr. Sidney M. Oland

President, John Labatt Ltd.
For Brewers Association of Canada
11770
Mar 9 1959

Oldsmobile

Illustration, for MacLaren Advertising
14187
Oct 11 1979

Dr. William J. Oliver

Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan (Retiring)
12388
May 9 1964

Sir Laurence Olivier

As Dr. Astrov in Uncle Vanya, The Old Vic Theatre, London, England
13946
Jul 1 1977

Patricia Oney

Dance, in Swan Lake as the Black Queen
For National Ballet of Canada project
13800
Apr 8 1976

Oonark

Eskimo artist. Photographed with Kenojuak (negative number 13802)
14162
Jul 23 1979

Eugene Ormandy

Conductor (retiring) The Philadelphia Orchestra
2750
Dec 8 1936

Frank Orme

(Dulcie, Joan, Jimmie, Edith, Frank and Betty Owen)
12709
Nov 7 1966

G. Orosy

Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry. For James Lovick Advertising
12709
Nov 7 1966

Corporal George Orosy

Ontario Provincial Police
Ontario Department of Tourism and Industry.
13560
Dec 14 1973

Mr. Reese A. Overcash

President & Chief Operating Officer, American Credit Corporation (Subsidiary of the Wachovia Corporation) Photographed with Mr. Edwin P. Latimer of American Credit Corporation
For The 1973 Wachovia Corporation Annual Report
15048
Jan 10 1989

John B. Overzet

with Chris Mullin and Henry Stolp, Penta Stolp Corporation
10177
Jun 19 1948

Dr. J. J. Ower

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta
Deans of Medicine of Canadian Universities. For Charles E. Frosst Company
12953
Dec 7 1968

Mr. Ben Oxnard

Senior Vice President, Great West Sugar Company
10474
May 25 1950

Yukio Ozaki

Former Mayor of Tokyo
Readers Digest
10539
Nov 24 1950

Frank Pace Jr.

Secretary of the Army, Dept. of Defense, Washington, DC
12587
Oct 27 1965

Mr. Stanley Pace

Thompson, Ramo, Wooldridge
Northwestern Mutual sitting
15270
May 22 1991

Arnold Palmer

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
7746
Dec 30 1941

Mr. W. Park

Assistant to the Chairman, Wartime Prices & Trade Board
10305
Apr 12 1949

Kenneth Parker Esq.

President, The Parker Pen Company
For J. Walter Thompson Chicago
11705
Nov 4 1958

Kenneth Parker

President, The Parker Pen Company
For Western Union Series through Benton and Bowles
11195
Aug 2 1955

Mr. R. D. Parker

Vice President and General Manager, International Nickel Co.
15149
Feb 2 1990

Gordon Parks

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
14758
Mar 3 1986

Joe Paterno

For Ogilvy & Mather “Staying Power” Series (for Panhandle Eastern Corp.)
11117
Nov 24 1954

Mr. Morehead Paterson

President, American Machine and Foundry Corp.
Through PIX Publishing
13517
Sep 11 1973

Mr. Tom Patterson

Founder of Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Photographed with Mr. Jean Gascon and Mr. William Hutt at the Theatre, Stratford, Ontario
14092
Jan 15 1979

Pope Paul II

Photographed Hall: Paintings and tapestries second half of 18th century dedicated to Pope Clemens VIII 1765
12274
Aug 1 1963

Pope Paul VI

With Yousuf Karsh - candids taken by Peter Mitchell
12435
Sep 17 1964

Mr. Robert Peach

President, Mohawk Airlines
American Airlines Sitting
10000
Sep 25 1947

Robert S. Peare Esq.

Vice President in Charge of Advertising, Broadcasting and Publicity, General Electric Company
9912
Apr 9 1947

Mr. Harold C. Pearson

General Manager, Dewey & Almy Chemical Co. of Canada Ltd. Perth Shoe Company
9184
Apr 17 1944

Mr. L. B. Pearson

(Mike) Minister Counselor, Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
14265
Oct 10 1980

Dr. Ben Peckham

Chairman, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin Hospital
13402
Aug 21 1972

Mr. Ambrose Peddle

Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from Newfoundland
9759
May 27 1946

Jan Peerce

Opera singer. And Leonard Warren
12321
Dec 9 1963

Richard Perkin

Chairman of the Board, Perkin-Elmer Corporation
13267
Jun 14 1971

H. Ross Perot

Electronics Data Systems
For Finance Magazine
11217
Sep 29 1955

General Wilton B. Persons

Liaison Officer. Deputy Assistant to the President
For LIFE Magazine, through PIX Publishing
12778
Aug 10 1967

Rudolph Peterson

President of the Bank of America
For Finance Magazine
13798
Apr 2 1976

Pat Phoenix

Elsie Tanner in “Coronation Street”
12056
Nov 15 1961

Arnold Picker

United Artists Pictures
Northwestern Mutual sitting
8983
Sep 12 1943

M. Hubert Pierlot

Prime Minister & Minister of National Defence for Belgium
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