American Legends
Yousuf Karsh

 
Description: Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1992, Stated First Edition, original eggshell blue cloth with silver titling in a graphic Dust Jacket and archival cover. Text and images by legendary Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh. Includes 44 color and 44 duotone photographs.

The Economist wrote upon his death that Karsh was "for half a century perhaps the greatest portrait photographer in the monumental manner." 

The website of the Governor General of Canada describes him as the "pre-eminent portrait photographer of the twentieth century."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art described him as "one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century [who] achieved a distinct style in his theatrical lighting."

The Canadian Encyclopedia noted that his portraits "have come to represent the public images of major international figures of politics, science, and culture in the twentieth century."

Condition: Fine clean, tight and bright hardcover with a previous owner's neatly written name on the first free endpaper in a Fine Dust Jacket now protected with a clear archival cover. 

Additional Information: Yousuf Karsh CC (1908 - 2002), was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century.

An Armenian Genocide survivor, Karsh migrated to Canada as a refugee. By the 1930s he established himself as a significant photographer in Ottawa, where he lived most of his adult life, though he traveled extensively for work. His iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill was a breakthrough point in his 60-year career, through which he took numerous photos of known political leaders, men and women of arts and sciences. Over 20 photos by Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine, until he retired in 1992.

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