Canadian Yousuf Karsh was a busy and fabulous photographer. His most famous portrait is of a rather grumpy Winston Churchill taken moments after Karsh snatched the prime minister’s cigar from his mouth. Mr. Churchill didn’t take too kindly to the artistic invasion. Some claim that image is the most reproduced photographic portrait in history.
Relive the golden age of political and celebrity portraiture when the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston opens “Karsh 100: A Biography in Images” in the Rabb Gallery from September 23, 2008 - January 9, 2009.
He photographed 51 of the 100 people listed as most notable of the century put out by the International Who’s Who in 2000. Have you already photographed Picasso, Einstein, Hemingway, Wright, Hepburn, Eisenhower, Schweitzer, Jung and Graham? Then go to the show to see truly iconic images from his 17 month assignment with Maclean’s magazine to document Canada’s postwar economic development in 1952. Learn more and see images at www.karsh.org.
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