Database of Armenian photo-media practitioners

Yousuf Amiri Karsh

1908 - 2002

1920 - 1990s

biography coming soon

Nationality

Canadian, Armenian, Ottoman

Region

USA, Canada, Ottoman Empire

City

Mersin (b.), Boston, Ottawa

Studio

Karsh

Activity

artistic, advertising, studio

Media

analogue photography

Bibliography

Ali, Mehmed. Yousuf Karsh & John Garo: The Search for a Master’s Legacy, Benna Books, 2016

Karsh, Yousuf Portraits by Karsh, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1968

Karsh, Yousuf & David Travis. Karsh: Beyond the Camera, David R. Godine Publishers, 2012

Kochar, Vahan. Hay lusankarichner (in Armenian), self-published, 2007, pp.394-410

Tippett, Maria. Portrait in Light and Shadow: The Life of Yousuf Karsh, Anansi, 2007

Collections

Lusadaran Armenian Photography Foundation, Yerevan Metropoliten Museum of Art, New York National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa