Yousuf Karsh
I found Yousuf Karsh’s portraits rather fascinating. What I find interesting is that he has taken photos of many famous personalities. The lighting in all of the photos is impressive and the quality of the pictures is remarkable, considering a lot of the photos are from the 40s and 50s. Karsh used an 8x10 camera, so that is where the detail comes from.
Karsh seems to capture the essence and personality of each person he photographs. After looking at his photos is seems as if I had gotten to know the person he was photographing. In each of his photos, his subject seems as if they have let their gaurd down and as if the camera had never even been there. Below I have posted portraits of Einstein, Audrey Hepburn, and Ernest Hemingway.
