If you close your eyes and think about major figures of the 20th century, chances are good that the image you have in your mind came through the lens of photographer Yousuf Karsh. During his 60-year ...

In 1941, as war raged in Europe and the Pacific, British prime minister Winston Churchill traveled to Washington for meetings with President Franklin Roosevelt before continuing on to Ottawa, where he ...

Photographs of famous people are so common — whether taken by the paparazzi or for promotional reasons — that most of us never think about what kind of portrait is painted by the image. The famous ...

In 1929, Yousuf Karsh, one of the most noted portrait photographers of the 20th century, began his career in Boston. After many years in Canada, he later returned, spending the final five years of his ...

Photographer Yousuf Karsh, known for his portraits of stars and world leaders, died Saturday July 13 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston after undergoing surgery. He was 93. He was best known ...