Yousuf Karsh / Photographer / Yousuf karsh. Yousuf Karsh. Yousuf Karsh, CC (Armenian: Յուսուֆ Քարշ; December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian portrait photographer.[2] Life and career[edit] Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin, a city in the eastern Ottoman Empire (present Turkey).[3] He grew up during the Armenian Genocide where he wrote, "I saw relatives massacred; my sister died of starvation as we were driven from village to village. "[3] At the age of 16, his parents sent Yousuf to live with his uncle George Nakash, a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Karsh briefly attended school there and assisted in his uncle’s studio.
Karsh returned to Canada four years later, eager to make his mark. Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King discovered Karsh and arranged introductions with visiting dignitaries for portrait sittings. The image of Churchill brought Karsh international prominence, and is claimed to be the most reproduced photographic portrait in history. Works[edit] Karsh was a master of studio lights. Recognition[edit] Richard Avedon. Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer.
An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century".[1] Early life and education[edit] Photography career[edit] In 1944, Avedon began working as an advertising photographer for a department store, but was quickly endorsed by Alexey Brodovitch, the art director for the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar. Lillian Bassman also promoted Avedon's career at Harper's. Avedon was always interested in how portraiture captures the personality and soul of its subject. Cover of Richard Avedon's In the American West photo book He is also distinguished by his large prints, sometimes measuring over three feet in height.
In 1982 Avedon produced a playfully inventive series of advertisements for fashion label Christian Dior, based on the idea of film stills. In the American West[edit] Richard avedon. THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION.