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	Yousuf Karsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh, CC (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) a Canadian photographer of ethnic-Armenian birth, and one the world’s best known portraitists of his time.
		Karsh was a master in the use of studio lights.
		Karsh published 15 books of his photographs, which include brief descriptions of the sessions, during which he would ask questions and talk with his subjects to relax them as he composed the portrait.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yousuf_Karsh (868 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Yousuf Karsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh, CC (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers.
		Karsh's photographic portraits have come to represent the public images of major international figures of politics, science, and culture in the twentieth century.
		Karsh also published numerous books as portfolios of his portrait photographs in the belief that a collective display gives the images a visual momentum that a single portrait alone cannot attain.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yousuf-Karsh (2835 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Yousuf Karsh
		Yousuf Karsh, who died on Saturday aged 93, took the world's best-known portrait photograph when he captured Winston Churchill's bulldog spirit during the darkest days of the Second World War.
		Yousuf Karsh was born on December 23 1908 at Mardin, Armenia, the son of an illiterate merchant, and grew up amid the Turkish genocide which saw two of his uncles killed in jail.
		Karsh, who was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1990 and moved to Boston on his retirement in 1992, liked to play down claims for his work.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/15/db1501.xml (1285 words)

	Yousuf Karsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh (December 23 1908 — July 13 2002 was born in Madin Armenia and became one of the world’s renowned portrait photographers.
		Karsh grew up when Armenia was under rule and he witnessed the genocide of Christian Armenians by the new government.
		Karsh published 15 books of his which include brief descriptions of the sessions which he would ask questions and talk his subjects to relax them as he the portrait.
	www.freeglossary.com /Yousuf_Karsh (709 words)

	Karsh, Yousuf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karsh, Yousuf, photographer (b at Mardin, Armenian Turkey 23 Dec 1908; d at Boston, 13 July 2002).
		Karsh immigrated to Canada in 1924 as an Armenian refugee.
		Karsh also donated nearly 100 photographs to the National Gallery of Canada, which in 1960 had given him his first solo exhibition in a public gallery.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0004236 (453 words)

	CBC: Life And Times
		Yousuf Karsh: A Moment In Time turns the lens on the acclaimed photographer, focusing on the forces that shaped his life and revealing the man behind the shutter.
		Yousuf Karsh: A Moment In Time includes interviews with: Karsh, who reveals himself to be one of the great artists and successful entrepreneurs of his time; his three brothers, who recall Karsh's early days as an ambitious high-society photographer; and his wife Estrellita, who unmasks the man behind the legend.
		Karsh was just 14 when the family fled the horror of genocide in Armenia for freedom in Syria, with nothing but the belongings on their backs.
	www.cbc.ca /lifeandtimes/karsh.html (452 words)

	Yousuf Karsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karsh is a commended Canadian photographer, known for photographing portraits of those he feels have shaped the twenthieth century in the scientific, political, and cultural arenas.
		Karsh was born in Marin, Armena, on December 23, 1908.
		Karsh, photographing for over 75 years, will continue to photograph and contribute to the world of photography as long as he can.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /westspringfieldhs/projects/001phrom/prykarsh.htm (173 words)

	Yousuf Karsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh (December 23, 1908 –; July 13, 2002 was bornin Madin, Armenia and became one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers.
		One aspect of Karsh's portrait is the emphasis on the lighting the subject'shands separately.
		Karsh published 15 books of his photographs, which include brief descriptions of the sessions, during which he would askquestions and talk with his subjects to relax them as he composed the portrait.
	www.therfcc.org /yousuf-karsh-143238.html (648 words)

	Yousuf Karsh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh was born 1908 in Armenia and ranks for the 40's among the large Portraitphotographen 20.
		With 20 years Karsh began its photographic training in Boston (the USA) and made over his teacher John Garo the acquaintance numerous famous artist.
		In the 80's Yousuf Karsh set to the peace and bequeathed themselves its artistic deduction to the city Ottawa.
	www.california-pawnshop.com /overture/karshyousef.htm (407 words)

	Yousuf Karsh photographs, Yousuf Karsh photography
		Yousuf Karsh was born in Armenia in 1908.
		Karsh used an 8" X 10" large format camera and studio lighting to capture images of his famous subjects.
		KARSH, a portfolio of fifteen 20" x 24" photographs, is occasionally available in an edition of 100.
	www.agallery.com /Pages/photographers/karsh.html (433 words)

	Yousuf Karsh: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh (December 23, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Karsh was born in Mardin, EHandler: no quick summary.
		(Karsh's favourite photograph was the one taken immediately after this one where Churchill's mood had lightened considerably and is shown much in the same pose, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/y/yo/yousuf_karsh.htm (2331 words)

	Yousuf Karsh - Wikipedia
		Yousuf Karsh wanderte nach dem Völkermord an den Armeniern 1915 in der Türkei 1924 zu seinem Onkel nach Kanada aus.
		Fotos von Yousuf Karsh sind im Museum of Modern Art, dem Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, dem Art Institute in Chicago, dem National Portrait Gallery in London und der National Gallery of Canada ausgestellt.
		There is a brief moment when all that there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit may be reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yousuf_Karsh (190 words)

	Photographer Yousuf Karsh - Master photographer
		Yousuf Karsh (1908 - 2002) was born in Armenia in 1908 and grew up under the horrors of the Armenian massacres.
		Karsh's major photographic exhibitions have attracted enthusiastic audiences worldwide, and he is much in demand as an eloquent and engaging speaker.
		Karsh was awarded the Presidential Citation (U.S.A.) for meritorious service on behalf of the handicapped.
	www.photography.ca /otherartists/karsh.html (320 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karsh asked him to remove the cigar and, when he didn’t, stepped forward and gently removed it with the comment, “Forgive me, Sir.” Churchill glowered as the shot was taken, then permitted Karsh to take still another, jokingly commenting, “You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed.”;
		Karsh often served as bartender, in that prohibition period, serving people such as Arthur Fiedler, Serge Koussevitzky, and others from the world of music and theatre, an experience that led him to resolve that he would photograph “those men and women who leave their mark on the world.”
		In 1934 Karsh chose Ottawa as the place in which to open a modest studio partly because of his early experiences in Canada, but primarily because the capital was the crossroads for many important visitors.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume4/118-121.htm (915 words)

	[Deathwatch] Yousuf Karsh, Portrait Photographer, 93 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Karsh died Saturday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said hospital spokeswoman Jacqui Fowler.
		It was done without premeditation but with great admiration and respect." Karsh was born to an Armenian family in Turkey, but fled after massacres in his home town of Mardin.
		Although he was trained to use only available light, his involvement with a theater company in Ottawa taught him the importance of using studio lighting to create a mood.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2002-July/000187.html (371 words)

	CBC.CA - Yousuf Karsh
		Canada’s Yousuf Karsh, one of the greatest portrait photographers in the world, died Saturday (July 13, 2002) at the age of 93.
		The story most frequently told of Yousuf Karsh was about the time he photographed Winston Churchill.
		Karsh regards that portrait as among his three favourites, the other two being portraits of George Bernard Shaw and Eleanor Roosevelt.
	www.cbc.ca /news/obit/karsh (628 words)

	Yousuf Karsh portraits...comments on his techniques... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One aspect of Karsh's portrait of note is the emphasis on the lighting the subject's hands separately.
		I recall that Karsh once said that after the Einstein portrait, many of his subjects wanted to be photographed in a turtleneck, so in part the similarity might be somewhat subject driven.
		For all those who think that Karsh's style is repetitive, and even 'old', his use of theatrical lighting styles is what makes him so popular, and such a legend, he found his niece in the market and has done well from it.
	hv.greenspun.com /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003kYg (3503 words)

	Yousuf Karsh goes beyond celebrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh received his first camera when he was a young child.
		In these portraits, Karsh captures the essence of each person, as they are in reality, and not as they are portrayed in the media.
		Karsh is not afraid to show the minor imperfections of such high-class people.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~gauntlet/eg/buzz/stories/20000217/buzz3.html (493 words)

	Yousuf Karsh - Helden aus Licht und Schatten
		Geburt von Karshs Bruder Malak, der 1937 nach Kanada emigriert, dort zuerst eine Zeitlang mit Karsh zusammenarbeitet und später in Ottawa ein beachtlicher Landschaftsfotograf wird.
		Januar landet Yousuf Karsh - unterstützt von seinem Onkel George Nakash, Porträtfotograf in Sherbrooke, Quebec - an Bord der SS.
		Mit This is the Mass beginnt Karsh eine Serie von Bildbänden mit sakraler Thematik, die er mit These Are the Sacraments (1962) fortführt; This Is Rome und This Is the "Hoy Land" fotografiert er auf 35 mm-Film.
	www.dhm.de /ausstellungen/karsh/karsh_bio.htm (940 words)

	PixelPile.org - PhotoDude: "Yousuf Karsh, 1908-2002" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yousuf Karsh passed away today at the age of 93.
		Karsh was born in Turkish Armenia, growing up as a Christian in predominantly Muslim Turkey.
		Karsh's Churchill became one of the most widely reproduced images in the history of photography.
	www.pixelpile.org /piled/00000669.shtml (1471 words)

	Icons of the Twentieth Century: Portraits by Yousuf Karsh
		Karsh was born in Armenia in 1908, but emigrated to Canada in 1924 to live with his uncle, the photographer George Nakash.
		Karsh's portraits are known for their extreme clarity and rich texture.
		Karsh's knowledge of and sensitivity toward his subjects combined with his consummate technical skills allow us to intimately view some of the outstanding personalities of our era.
	www.tfaoi.com /newsm1/n1m89.htm (458 words)

	Yousuf Karsh: A Selective Bibliography
		This bibliography of materials available at the National Library of Canada was prepared to accompany the exhibition Karsh Masterworks -- A Tribute, produced by the National Archives of Canada and the Portrait Gallery of Canada.
		The selections included give some indication of the importance of Yousuf Karsh’s photographs not only for Canadian society, but also for an international audience.
		Anecdotes about Karsh and his subjects, autobiographical writings, Canadian cities that Karsh photographed, the “legends” that grew around his oeuvre -- all are included within the scope of this bibliography.
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /yousuf-karsh/index-e.html (1888 words)

	Anna Magnani - gravure portrait by Yousuf Karsh
		Anna Magnani - gravure portrait by Yousuf Karsh
		This 1958 Anna Magnani portrait by Karsh is available as a 40 year old 9.5x12" gravure print in 14x18" white mat or without it.
		This is a modern fl and white reproduction of the another 1958 portrait by Yousuf Karsh, archivally matted in 11x14" white Exeter conservation mat.
	users.frii.com /uliasz/karsh/directory/magnani.htm (56 words)

	New York Institute of Photography - Tips for Better Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Churchill glared at his advisors and grunted, "Why was I not told?" Karsh reassured him that the lights had been set up and all he would have to do is stand in front of the camera for a few minutes.
		Karsh adjusted his camera, making sure everything was just right, then gingerly approached his subject and "plucked" the cigar from his mouth.
		Karsh uses a large format, 8 x 10 inch view camera with lenses of different focal lengths.
	www.nyip.com /tips/topic_spotlight0400.html (1044 words)

	Anecdote - Yousuf Karsh - Grrrrreat Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		What transformed Yousuf Karsh from a journeyman photographer into a star was a chance opportunity in December 1941 to photograph Winston Churchill, who was on a brief visit to Ottawa (where Karsh was then living).
		As Karsh was setting up his equipment in a room in the Canadian Parliament, Churchill was led in, grumbling.
		But, while Karsh quite often captured, as he said, "the essential element that has made them great," he professed not to understand how the 'magic' worked.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=669 (328 words)

	Talk:Yousuf Karsh - Wikimedia Commons
		Karsh including photographs that were re-registered beginning in 1986 and published works of his photographs.
		They specifically state that the copyright varies on the images in their collection, and they cite the names of the legal representatives of the Karsh estate.
		Jerry Fiedler (custodian of the Karsh Estate), there's an e-mail given at the Library and Archives of Canada.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Talk:Yousuf_Karsh (550 words)

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