Yousuf Karsh, master photographer of the 20th century
1951
Karsh's official portrait of Princess Elizabeth was taken at Clarence House, in London, on July 30, 1951. It shows the young Princess happy and relaxed, only a short six months before the death of her father, King George VI, when she suddenly became the future Queen of England, with all the weighty responsibilities that would bring.
During his career he held 15,312 sittings, produced over 370,000 negatives, and left an indelible artistic and historic record of the men and women who shaped the twentieth century.
Yousuf Karsh’s (1908-2002) extraordinary and unique body of work presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.
The Bank of England chose Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh to appear on the front of its all-new polymer banknote, now in circulation across the UK.
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“I decided to portray him standing partially hidden behind a screen.”
This year, Estrellita’s birthday coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
In the late 1920s Yousuf Karsh apprenticed with Boston-based portraitist John H. Garo.
A third portrait of Dr. King.
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This cover of Maclean’s from 1944 shows an early color portrait.
Sandburg was awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times.
Sargent was an architect and educator.
National Science Fiction Day is informally celebrated to honor Asimov’s birthday.
“Is it true you have just come from photographing Pope John the 23rd?”
Karsh was born on this day, December 23, in 1908.