I picked up a slightly frayed copy of his book in Bombay, long before I got interested in photography. I had just seen the movie Roman Holiday, and was enthralled by Audrey Hepburn, who was as beautiful in the book as in the movie.
Kumar
I picked up a slightly frayed copy of his book in Bombay, long before I got interested in photography. I had just seen the movie Roman Holiday, and was enthralled by Audrey Hepburn, who was as beautiful in the book as in the movie.
Kumar
My favorite Karsh is the 1954 photograph he took of Pablo Casals warming up in a round, rock room.
Casals has his back to the camera, but you know instantly who it is.
That's a great photograph!
Here's an example on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelchen9210/2896842462/
He took a lot of pictures of Sibelius. My favorite Karsh portrait is this one, because of the overall sense of light. It glows.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
I also think I prefer the Hemingway, but he has so many good ones, it is hard to choose. Shaw, Sibelius, Churchill, Grace Kelly, Castro, Giacometti, Georgia O'Keefe, Mauriac, Schweitzer, Picasso... I also love his Kruschev portrait, but find his JFK oddly lacking.
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