Yousuf Karsh

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Yousuf Karsh
1908-2002
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• Look and think before opening the shutter.
  The heart and mind are the true lens of the
  camera.
• Yousuf Karsh

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Yousuf Karsh

• Turkish Armenian
• 1924- emigrated to Canada
• Studied fine art and practiced photography
• Apprenticed in Boston
• Became a Canadian citizen in 1947

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Yousuf Karsh

• Black and white photography
• Worked with a large
• 8 X 10 viewfinder
• Portraitist

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Yousuf Karsh

• 1935- became official portrait photographer of
  the Canadian government
• Captured the essence of many prominent Canadian
  leaders

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Yousuf Karsh

• Captured portraits of the 20th centurys most
  memorable figures
• Celebrities and ordinary men and women
• Intimate and solemn photographs

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Yousuf Karsh

• Researched the lives and accomplishments of his
  subjects in hope to portray greatness

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Yousuf Karsh

• Within every man and woman a secret is hidden,
  and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it
  if I can.
• Yousuf Karsh

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Yousuf Karsh

• Captured international attention in 1941
• Photographed a portrait of British Prime Minister
  Winston Churchill
• Established Karshs reputation

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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill 1941
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Yousuf Karsh

• Photographs of Canadian leaders
• Mackenzie King
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau
• Jean Chretien

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William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King 1940
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1968
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Yousuf Karsh

• Photographs of
• British military leaders
• American wartime leaders
• Citizens of World War II

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Robert Miles Allan
Robert Miles Allan 1941
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1946
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Yousuf Karsh

• Photographs of celebrities
• Audrey Hepburn
• Christian Dior
• Humphrey Bogart

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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn 1956
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Christian Dior
Audrey Hepburn
Christian Dior 1954
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Humphrey Bogart
Audrey Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart 1946
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Yousuf Karsh

• Photographs of artists
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Henry Moore
• Pablo Picasso
• Georgia O'Keefe
• Andy Warhol

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Audrey Hepburn
Frank Lloyd Wright 1945
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Henry Moore
Audrey Hepburn
Henry Moore 1949
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Pablo Picasso
Audrey Hepburn
Pablo Picasso 1954
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Georgia O'Keefe
Audrey Hepburn
Georgia O'Keefe 1956
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Andy Warhol
Audrey Hepburn
Andy Warhol 1979
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Yousuf Karsh

• Art Institute of Chicago
• Karsh Gallery
• http//homepage.mac.com/curaorial1/KARSH207C20H
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