Karsh: A Sixty-Year Retrospective (Hardcover)

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Amazon.com Review

This revised and updated portfolio includes nearly 200 images by the master portrait photographer. The best known faces of our time have been memorably "Karshed"--a glowering Churchill (his trademark cigar having been just snatched out of his mouth), a beaming Khruschev peeking out from a massive fur coat, a serene Helen Keller reading a book of Braille with quiet delight, a pensive Tennessee Williams at his typewriter, an impish Margaret O'Brien yanking at her pigtails. Karsh's portraits of fellow artists--especially sculptors and architects--are among his most sensitive and intuitive.

Product Description

Yousuf Karsh has been at work for over half a century, and his camera has repeatedly photographed statesmen, artists, the literati and scientific figures. This work contains nearly 200 photographs of people such as Ronald Reagan, Graeme Greene and Andy Warhol.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company; Rev Sub edition (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821223348
• ISBN-13: 978-0821223345
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 10.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #732,491 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An insightful and sensetive look at famous 20th cent. people, June 15, 1999

By A Customer

A wonderful retrospective view of Karsh's most famous photographs.Most portraits are in black and white and capture rare insights of the most influential people in the arts, politics, academics and entertainment. All photographs are brilliantly reproduced, most in full page format. The comments by Karsh reveal personal insights adding a dimension of accessibility to the most revered in our century. There are also numerous excellently reproduced color portraits, which along with the black and white portraits, are reproduced in a wonderful satin finish. There are many portraits from the 40's and 50's including his most famous portrait of Winston Churchill and powerful portraits such as the back of Pablo Casals playing the cello in an austerely but masterfully lit setting.

This book is a genuinely beautiful work of art. It will bring joy to the young and old at heart and will prove to be one of those treasures which one is proud to cherish for generations.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional photographic studies of familiar faces., March 24, 1999

By	[e-mail] / Jeff J (The Colorado Rocky Mountains) - See all my reviews

This is a must have book for the portrait photographer. Or for anyone who just enjoys famous faces.Years of wonderful portrait studies of people we all know and admire. These portraits make us feel as if we are really getting to know these people up close. Such emotions are rare to be captured as still images. A SUCCESS in portraiture!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Well pleased., September 12, 2009

By	Benito M. Arellano - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book came with the original shrink wrap intact. The price was terrific and of course, Karsh's work speaks for itself. I am well pleased.