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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 36 sec.) ; 304398636 bytes |
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Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Walt Disney, Einstein, Fidel Castro, JFK, Winston Churchill, Picasso, Glen Gould, Audrey Hepburn: we all know that single, most famous picture of every one of them.Behind the camera was the legendary photographer Yousuf Karsh.The film illuminates the multiple meanings ordinary people as well as critics, curators and philosophers attach to portrait photographs and - through the prism of these meanings - portrays the singular career of Yousuf Karsh the ultimate mythmaker.Karsh rose from being a poor, immigrant commercial photographer to becoming the world famous 'Karsh of Ottawa'. From an early age, his status began to acquire such universal currency that his portraits could elevate the sitters to the Pantheon of Secular Sainthood. To be 'Karshed' was a synonym for having attained the summit of worldly achievement. During his six-decade career the 15,312 portraits he made are arguably the portrait gallery of the most celebrated figures of the 20th century and rank him as one of the greatest of 20th century photographers.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A film by Joseph Hillel |
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Broadcast 2010-05-16 at 20:25:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Biography.
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Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002.
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Photography -- Technique.
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Portrait photographers.
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Portrait photography -- Social aspects.
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Canada.
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Streaming video
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Hillel, Joseph, director
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