The Daily Herald-Tribune (Grande Prairie, Alberta)
October 24, 2008 Friday
FINAL EDITION
Canadian Karsh’s photos in Boston museum
BOSTON
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is marking the 100th birthday of
legendary Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh with an exhibition of
some of his iconic portraits.
”Karsh 100: A Biography in Images” includes more than 100 works,
including famous photographs of celebrated personalities such as
Jackie Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Fidel Castro, Albert Einstein,
Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia
Loren, Angela Lansbury and Boris Karloff.
The exhibit also highlights Karsh’s early work when he was developing
his style as well as photographs made in the 1950s, such as urban
images taken on assignment for Maclean’s magazine and photos
commissioned by Ford of Canada and Atlas Steel. His large-format
camera is also on display.
Images were lent to the exhibition by the Karsh Collection at the
National Portrait Gallery of Canada.
Karsh was born in Armenia in 1908 and died in 2002. The exhibit
continues until Jan. 19.