Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002)
Auteur de Karsh : 50 ans de photographie
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), self-portrait, 1938, Ottawa, Ont. (Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada / PA-212511)
Œuvres de Yousuf Karsh
Canada: As Seen by the Camera of Yousuf Karsh and Described in Words by John Fisher (1960) 11 exemplaires
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- Date de naissance
- 1908-12-23
- Date de décès
- 2002-07-13
- Lieu de sépulture
- Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Turkey
Canada - Lieu de naissance
- Mardin, Turkey
- Lieu du décès
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Professions
- photographer
- Prix et distinctions
- Officer of the Order of Canada (1967)
Companion of the Order of Canada (1990) - Courte biographie
- As an Armenian in Turkey, the young Karsh endured persecution and privation. In 1924, at age 16, he immigrated to Canada, joining his uncle, who was a photographer, in Sherbrooke, Quebec. From 1928 to 1931 he served as an apprentice to a Boston painter and portrait photographer and briefly attended art school. Returning to Canada in 1932, he was employed by an Ottawa photographer, whose studio Karsh leased after his employer retired. He was appointed official portrait photographer of the Canadian government in 1935 and became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1947.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 675
- Popularité
- #37,411
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 24
- Langues
- 2
- Favoris
- 1