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
9973
Jul 22 1947

John A. Larkin

2nd Vice-Chairman, Celanese Corporation of America
14310
Mar 24 1981

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Photographer
Guest at Roger Therond’s home when YK visited during trip to Paris March 1981
13775
Feb 13 1976

Chief Justice Bora Laskin

Supreme Court of Canada
Photographed for the Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, of which he is chancellor
13560
Dec 14 1973

Mr. Edwin P. Latimer

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Credit Corporation (Subsidiary of the Wachovia Corporation) Photographed with Mr. Reese A. Overcash of American Credit Corporation
For The 1973 Wachovia Corporation Annual Report
11960
Jan 12 1961

Mr. William Laurie

J. Walter Thompson Company
J. Walter Thompson Company Executive Series
12053
Nov 11 1961

Mr. Herman Lay

Frito Lay Company
Northwestern Mutual sitting
13605
Apr 18 1974

Mr. Maurice Lazarus

Chairman, Finance Committee, Federated Department Stores, Inc.
12182
Jan 10 1963

Mr. Ralph Lazrus

Federated Department Stores
Through PIX Publishing
7982
Apr 27 1942

Mr. H. W. Lea

Chief Executive Officer, Wartime Bureau of Technical Personnel
12113
Mar 13 1962

T. V. Learson

Vice President, International Business Machines
12451
Sep 1 1964

Mr. Sherman Lee

Museum Director, Cleveland Museum of Art
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
12921
Sep 8 1968

Mr. Sam Lefrak

Lefrak Industries
For Rapho Guillumette Pictures
13505
Aug 3 1973

Mr. Jules Leger

With Mr. Edgar Ritchie, Mr. Arnold Smith, Mr. Gordon Robertson at Rideau Club, Ottawa
For Canadian Book
13507
Aug 9 1973

Mr. Jules Leger

Canadian Ambassador to Belgium. Taken at Ottawa studio
For Canadian Book
12695
Oct 24 1966

George J. Leness

Chairman of the Board, Merrill Lynch Co.
For Finance Magazine
11798
Apr 10 1959

Mr. Alan Lerner

(My Fair Lady) Lerner and Frederick Loewe together
11017
May 4 1954

Mr. Paul Levinger

President, The Spiedel Company
Northwestern Mutual sitting for J. Walter Thompson
15121
Oct 12 1989

Earl J. Levy QC

On his retirement as President from Criminal Lawyers Association
13625
Jul 11 1974

Mr. Jerry Lewis

Taken for Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. For Muscular Dystrophy telethon
10860
Mar 4 1953

Orme Lewis

US Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Through PIX Publishing
13711
Jun 23 1975

Mr. W. F. Light

President and Chief Operating Officer, Northern Electric Company, Ltd.
10964
Jan 1 1954

Lincoln Project

Special record of negatives loaned by King Hostick
10171
Jun 18 1948

Dr. W. S. Lindsay

Dean of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Deans of Medicine of Canadian Universities. For Charles E. Frosst Company
10685
Dec 7 1951

Elinor Lipper

Author; Soviet prison camp survivor
For Saturday Night Magazine
13664
Jan 1 1974

Little Wings

Karsh Ottawa home. Photographs of Sewar Pipes.
13712
Jun 23 1975

Mr. John C. Lobb

Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, Northern Electric Company, Ltd.
13405
Sep 13 1972

Mr. L. K. Lodge

Executive Vice President and Finance Administrator, IBM Limited
10543
Nov 28 1950

Raymond Loewy Esq.

Industrial Designer
Arranged at request of Fred Birmingham - Esquire
14390
Mar 1 1982

Gregory Lorfing

Assistant to Mr. Karsh. Tests made at the studio of strobe equipment
10347
Jul 15 1949

J. H. Loudon

Director of Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Shell Oil Sittings
11367
Jun 14 1956

Mr. Spencer Love

President, Burlington Mills
Northwestern Mutual sitting
11222
Oct 18 1955

Mr. Endicott Lovell

President, Calumet & Hecla
For JWT Chicago, Northwestern Mutual
9180
Apr 15 1944

Mr. Robert A. Lovett

Assistant Secretary of War for Air, Washington, D.C.
For LIFE Magazine
10521
Nov 2 1950

Mr. Robert A. Lovett

Under Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.
For PIX Publishing, Parade
11220
Oct 17 1955

Mr. Lowe

Chairman, Port of New York Authority
11220
Nov 10 1955

Mr. Lowe

Chairman, Port of New York Authority
9500
Apr 1 1945

Mr. Isador Lubin

Commissioner of Labor Statistics
For LIFE Magazine
9698
Jan 18 1946

Pierre Luboshutz

Pianist. With Genia Nemenoff & Shaw
J. Walter Thompson RCA
11224
Oct 20 1955

Mr. E. Ludgin

Chairman of the Board, Earle Ludgin & Co.
10016
Oct 23 1947

Ray H. Luebbe Esq.

Vice President & General Counsel, General Electric Company
13036
Aug 14 1969

Mr. Dan Lufkin

Mr. William Donaldson, Mr. Richard Jenrette
For Finance Magazine
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