On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, Carla Sozzani Gallery shows a selection of famous portraits which run through his long career as photographer.
Born in Mardin, in the Turkish area of Armenia, Yousuf Karsh grows up in the horror of the massacries hitting his country, as he writes in his autobiography: “My memories of that time are a strange mixture of blood and beauty, of persecution and peace”.
At the age of 17, he moves to Sherbrooke in Canada, where his uncle George Nakash lives and works as a photographer. Here it begins his passion for photography.
In 1928 he moves to Boston to follow a training course held by the photographer and portraitist John H. Garo; having met him was decisive for Karsh: “I realized that the long afternoons and evenings spent with Garo have been my school. In one of those moments I decided that I would have photographed men and women who have marked the history of the world”.
On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, Carla Sozzani Gallery shows a selection of famous portraits which run through his long career as photographer.
Born in Mardin, in the Turkish area of Armenia, Yousuf Karsh grows up in the horror of the massacries hitting his country, as he writes in his autobiography: “My memories of that time are a strange mixture of blood and beauty, of persecution and peace”.
At the age of 17, he moves to Sherbrooke in Canada, where his uncle George Nakash lives and works as a photographer. Here it begins his passion for photography.
In 1928 he moves to Boston to follow a training course held by the photographer and portraitist John H. Garo; having met him was decisive for Karsh: “I realized that the long afternoons and evenings spent with Garo have been my school. In one of those moments I decided that I would have photographed men and women who have marked the history of the world”.