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Yousuf Karsh

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Yousuf Karsh

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Auction Date:2013 Mar 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Celebrated Canadian photographer (1908–2002) best known for his portraits of the leading cultural, scientific, and political figures of his time, including Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemingway. TLS, two pages, 6.25 x 8, Karsh letterhead, September 20, 1979. Letter to a mentor of drug addicts. In part: “I was especially touched by the line in your letter, ‘If I save just one life—I’ve done a hell of a job.’ I am glad that your young people responded to my photograph and that they asked you to write to me. The same qualities which make any work of art ‘lastingly important’ also apply to photography: the ability to move our emotions; to give us a deeper insight; to communicate in greater depth. I feel that, if through my portraits, the viewer comes to know my subject more intimately, then I have somewhat succeeded. As to whether a photographer is born or made, I feel as with any artist or great practitioner in any field, it is probably a combination of both.” In fine condition, with a staple hole to top left corner. Outstanding insight as Karsh, obviously touched by the compliments, opens up and reveals his inspiration for photography.