Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh, CCwas an Armenian–Canadian portrait photographer. He has been called one of the great portrait photographers of the 20th century by Time magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the latter noting the "distinct style in his theatrical lighting."...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth23 December 1908
CountryCanada
eye opportunity men
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. 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.
beautiful dark gone
The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
inspirational photography heart
Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.