YOUSUF KARSH
American (1908 – 2002)
Yousuf Karsh, Canadian, b. Armenia, 1908- At age 16 Yousuf Karsh emigrated from Armenia to Canada with the assistance of his uncle George Nakash. After working in his uncle's Montreal photographic portrait studio (1926-28), Karsh studied several years with photographer John H. Garo in Boston (1928-31). In 1932, he returned to Canada and opened his own studio in Ottawa. Three years later, he was a

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