Every since his portrait of Winston Churchill, united of the most widely reproduc photographs in history, appeared upon the cover of Life in 1941 Yousuf Karsh has captured a world of 20th hundred personalities on film. His enthralls have included presidents and [i]pontifex maximus[/i]s artists and scientists, captains of industry and humanitarians.
Born in Mardin, Armenia, in 1908 Karsh mov to Canada in 1924 After apprenticing with the eminent Boston Portraitist John H Garo, Karsh open his have a title to studio in Ottawa. His celebrated photograph of Churchill, taken
