Portrait+Photography

Yousuf Karsh Typical elements of Yousuf's portraits are black and white and are always shot with a serious mood to them. Some of his photos were taken during long hours of preparation and setup set like he did when he was photographing Fidel Castro, but when he was photographing Winston Churchill all his advisers were afraid to tell him that he had a photo op scheduled. When Churchill walked in after a Parliament meeting he saw Yousuf in a side room and asked with anger gruff as Yousef describes what he was doing here. Yousef said he was here to photograph him. Churchill in reply told him he may take one photo of him. Churchill then took out a cigar and proceeded to light it. Yousef then went and took the cigar out of his mouth and then snapped the photo. At that very moment Churchill had the look of a angry child who had just had his toy taken away. 1)

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Eve Arnold 1)