One of the greatest photographers of all time Yousuf Karsh arrived in Canada as an Armenian refugee from the Turkish Ottoman Empire which perpetrated the Armenian genocide. In 1928 Karsh apprenticed with photographer John Garo in Boston then returned to Canada where Prime Minister Mackenzie King helped him photograph the visiting diplomats. In ...
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
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Fact
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He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on December 22, 1967 and the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on April 20, 1990 for his services to photography.
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His photographs are included in permanent collections ranging from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the National Portrait Gallery in London. He was catapulted to international fame with his 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill, taken as Great Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.
He was a famous Ottawa-based portrait photographer perhaps best-known for his photo of a glowering Winston Churchill, which was created by snatching Sir Winston's cigar away suddenly without warning.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Race for the White House
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary archival photography - 3 episodes
Sword of Lancelot
1963
title background photographs
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
In Love and War
1996
acknowledgment
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Life and Times
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Karsh: The Searching Eye
1986
Documentary
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
TV Series
Himself
The David Letterman Show
1980
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1971
TV Series
Himself - Photographer
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Linkletter Show
1964
TV Series
Himself
Person to Person
1959
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Life and Times
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Sword of Lancelot (1963) as Miscellaneous Crew
Karsh: The Searching Eye (1986) as Himself
Race for the White House (2016) as Miscellaneous Crew
The Mike Douglas Show (1971) as Himself - Photographer
$900,000
