"Ottawa personalities" a Ottawa Travel Page by kenHuocj

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YOUSUF KARSH 1908-2002 Master Potraitist of th

Sadly Karsh passed away July 13, 2002 at age 93 in Boston after a prodigious career working with names out of the world's who's who;
names that everybody is familiar with,
potraits of those who have left their mark in history
or are still making history

Colour Photo source: http://www.judithfarber.com/seniors/pages/yousuf.htm

"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden,
and as a photographer
it is my task to reveal it if I can,"
he wrote in Karsh Portfolio in 1967.

"The revelation, if it comes at all,
will come in a small fraction of a second
with an unconscious gesture,
a gleam of the eye, a brief lifting of the mask
that all humans wear
to conceal their innermost selves from the world.
In that fleeting interval of opportunity
the photographer must act or lose his prize."

In a very moving and insightful tribute - "Life and Times of Yousuf Karsh" on CBC TV yesterday he was quoted saying
" my best potrait will be the one I am to do...."

we in Ottawa have been fortunate to be able to within steps apart, visit the Chateau Laurier where Karsh worked and see some of the Potraits, also at the National Gallery to see more.

Signed Potriats being advertised "Size: 16 x 20 in.$7,000 Prices subject to change without notice."
must now be ..??????...?????

http://www.westongallery.com/artists/y_karsh/yousuf_karsh.html has examples of his notable potraits as does

http://www.shermanhinesphotographymuseum.com/karsh_collection.html

http://www.peterfetterman.com/artists/karsh/karsh02.html

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MALK KARSH (1915 - 2001)

Malak Karsh, brother of Yousuf , made an indelible contribution to Ottawa and Canada as a photographer and as the originator of the Canadian Tulip Festival 50 years ago.
== whilst Yosuuf was the potrait master,
Malk captured numerous Canadian, especially Ottawa scene, waiting for that moment, when lights and clouds
were in place.

===His idea has grown into the largest tulip festival in the world and one of Canada’s oldest and most successful community celebrations.