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
13830
Aug 4 1976

Matthew Brown

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Child
For Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon
13868
Jan 1 1977

Matthew Brown

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
13131
Feb 26 1970

Sam Brown

For Look “Under 30” series
10578
Mar 6 1951

Warren W. Brown Esq.

Vice President i/c Traffic, Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.
14176
Aug 27 1979

Mr. Werner C. Brown

Chairman of the Board, Hercules Inc. Dual sitting with Alexander Giacco
10783
Sep 20 1952

J. E. Brownlee QC

President & General Manager, United Grain Growers Ltd.
14740
Jan 3 1986

Mr. Dave Brubeck

For Ogilvy & Mather “Staying Power” Series (for Panhandle Eastern Corp.)
7284
Jun 11 1941

Miss P. Bruce

Victory Loan organization, Bank of Canada. With bottle of gold.
9854
Nov 29 1946

Miss Sylvia Brull

Model, Murphy-Gamble Ltd. Daughter of Minister from Cuba
12476
Sep 1 1964

Mr. T. S. Buechner

Museum Director, Brooklyn Museum
Ivan Dmitri, ''Photography in the Fine Arts.''
15192
Jun 29 1990

Warren Buffett

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
4468
Dec 13 1937

Buick

Car
For Chatter Magazine
10209
Sep 17 1948

Harry A. Bullis Esq.

Chairman of the Board, General Mills Inc.
For J. Walter Thompson Chicago
10517
Oct 31 1950

Dr. Ralph J. Bunche

Professor of Government, Harvard University. First Black Nobel laureate.
13295
Sep 11 1971

Mr. John Bunting

Chief Executive, First National Bank and Trust Company
For Finance Magazine
14865
Apr 7 1987

Mr. David Burden

Nexa Corporation. Photographed with John Branch and John Allen
13879
Feb 16 1977

Mr. Herbert Burstein

Zelby, Burstein, Bernstein and Hartman
Photographed at request of Atlas Van Lines, Inc.
14974
May 1 1988

George Bush

Vice President of the United States
10535
Nov 21 1950

Dr. Vannevar Bush

Carnegie Institute of Washington
Through PIX Publishing
9161
Apr 4 1944

Mr. James F. Byrnes

Director of War Mobilization, Washington, D.C.
For LIFE Magazine
4776
Jan 6 1938

C.C.F. Founding Members Group

T.C. Douglas, Angus MacInnis, A.A. Heaps, J.S. Woodsworth, M.J. Coldwell, Mrs. Grace MacInnis, Grant MacNeil
13721
Jan 1 1975

Lisa Cagle

Muscular Dystrophy Association of America, Inc. Poster Children
12262
Jun 1 1963

Michael Caine

The Film ZULU
Shot in Natal, South Africa. For Embassy Films Corporation
14386
Jun 10 1982

Zoe Caldwell

Individually and together with Judith Anderson, in the play “Medea”
For LIFE Magazine
13210
Nov 17 1970

Dr. Melvin Calvin

Berkeley Research Laboratory, University of California (1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
8913
Jul 6 1943

Dr. I. Cankar

Minister from Yugoslavia to Canada
For Maclean’s
13509
Aug 14 1973

Dyan Cannon

Actress
For Cosmopolitan Magazine
14353
Nov 27 1981

Mr. Cornell Capa

Executive Director, International Center of Photography
15147
Jan 31 1990

Cornell Capa

For “American Legends” series East/West Network
10470
Jan 4 1950

Capri

YK's Easter visit
12967
Jan 23 1969

Mr. Walter Carey

Rockwell-Standard American Trucking Association Assignment
12193
Jan 3 1963

Leslie Caron

For Sunday Pictorial, London, through Tom Blau
13322
Jan 6 1972

Dr. D. W. Carr

Economist. President, D. Wm Carr & Associates
15206
Aug 1 1990

Mr. John C. Carroll

President & Chief Executive Officer, Molson Breweries
For Brewers Association of Canada
13765
Nov 17 1975

Mr. Frank Cary

Chairman of the Board, International Business Machines (IBM)
Arranged by Woodfin Camp
13280
Jul 17 1971

Mr. William Casey

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
For Finance Magazine
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