Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 2002
- Works
- 28
Top works
- Karsh portraits
- Photographers and their images
- Harlan Fiske Stone
- Karsh
- Renzu ga toraeta 20-seiki no kao
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1908
- Active to
- 2002
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,264x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,010x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,101x
- Pembrolizumab alone or with chemotherapy versus cetuximab with chemotherapy for recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (KEYNOTE-048): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 study
· 2019 · cited 2,926x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The silence seemed to me more instructive than words. A sense of power clung to him like a garment, and it required no utterance. The square-cut and deeply graven face, the huge body, and, above all, the sombre granitic look indicated a singleness of purpose, a dedication to some inward and unshakable decision.”
- “Among the tasks that life as a photographer had set me, a portrait of Albert Einstein had always seemed a 'must'—not only because this greatest refugee of our century has been accounted by all the world (except his homeland) as the outstanding scientist since Newton, but because his face, in all its rough grandeur, invited and challenged the camera.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1908-12-23 ) December 23, 1908, Mardin , Diyarbekir Vilayet , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- July 13, 2002 (2002-07-13) (aged 93), Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Burial place
- Notre-Dame Cemetery
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Spouses
- Solange Gauthier ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; died 1961 ) Estrellita Nachbar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 )
- Website
- karsh .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Yousuf Karsh, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~16 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Yousuf Karsh (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was a 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 emigrated 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 marked a major turning point in his career and brought him international recognition. More than 20 photos by Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine, until he retired in 1993.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yousuf Karsh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.