Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin, Turkey, on December 23, 1908. His family, of Armenian descent, fled to Syria in 1922 to escape persecution. In 1924, Karsh arrived in Canada to live with his uncle George Nakash, a successful portrait photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Although his uncle had a profound effect on his early years, it was Karsh's apprenticeship with John. H. Garo of Boston which introduced him to the world of the salon. The Boston aristocracy was Garo's clientele, and in his studio, Karsh honed both the technical and social skills essential to photographing famous people.
In 1932 Karsh moved to Ottawa where he first encountered theatre photography which became a defining influence on his style. He also developed contacts with a range of Ottawa's society, and with visiting dignitaries willing to be captured in his distinctive and dramatic portraits. As he became widely known in Canada, he was a natural choice to photograph the wartime visit by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the end of 1941. The resulting image immortalized Churchill's defiance and unconquerable stand against the enemy, and placed Karsh firmly in the international arena of photography.
Karsh's international career, during which he photographed some eleven thousand personalities from many walks of life, lasted until his retirement in 1992, when he closed his studio in the Chateau Laurier. At that time, the National Archives of Canada brought the remaining material from Karsh's studio together with the substantial acquisition first made in 1987, assembling the complete Yousuf Karsh Fonds under one roof. In 1997 Yousuf Karsh and his wife Estrellita settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where on July 13, 2002, Yousuf Karsh died, having left a legacy to the world of some of the greatest and most beloved portraits of the 20th century.
1. Ossip Zadkine, sculptor 1965
2. Sophia Lauren , actress 1982
3. Jessye Norman, singer 1990
4. Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong astronauts for Apollo 11 1969
5. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada, 1968-1979, 1980-1984 1968
6.Jean-Paul Riopelle painter 1965
7.Estrellita Karsh medical historian and writer 1963
8.Joan Crawford actress 1948
9.Georgia O'Keeffe painter 1956
10.Audrey Hepburn actress 1956
11.Albert Einstein physicist (The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921) 1948
12.Ernest Hemingway writer (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954) 1957
13.John F. Kennedy 35th president of the United States 1960
14.Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace (Grace Kelly) of Monaco 1956
15.Pablo Casals cellist, conductor and composer
16.Martha Graham dancer and choreographer 1948
17.Humphrey Bogart actor 1946
18.Anita Ekberg actress 1956
19.Glenn Gould pianist 1957
20.Paul Robeson singer, actor and activist 1938
21.Winston Churchill politician and historian (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953) 1941
22.George Bernard Shaw playwright and philosopher (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925) 1943
nachkebia, ჰო, ეგრევე იგრძნობა კარდანი უზარმაზარი ნეგატივით და დაბალი რეზოლუციის მქონე ხელითნაკეთები სუპერლინზით, რომელშიც ყველაზე დიდთავა ფოტოგრაფიც კი თავისუფლად გაყოფდა თავს
სოფო, შენ გაგახარებს იუსუფას მიმდევართა ლოცვა! მაგარი კაცი იყო, მაგარი. მაგის ჩერჩილის, ჰემფრი ბოგარტის და ჰემინგუეის ფოტოები შედევრებია. კიდევ რამდენიმეა, შუქი ოფიგიტელნად იცოდა. კაი ხანი კი იცოცხლა, ღმერთმა ყველას მოგცეთ მაგდენის გაქაჩვის ძალა..
პ.ს. ისე, სომხები ფოტოგრაფიაში, ბოდიში და, ნიჩევო, ჰა?
მასე შეიძლება მოცარტზე, ლეონარდოზე, მიქელანჯელოზე, გალაქტიონზე თქვა დიდი არაფერიო, მაგრრამ ამით მათ არაფერი დააკლდება, აი მთქმელს კი ძალიან ბევრი. და რა გამოვა?
YOURSUF KARSH
Sep 29 2005, 23:47
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