Karsh photographed countless international figures, but his images of Americans—from Albert Einstein to Martha Graham—are counted among his finest portraits.

Billy Graham, Jr. by Yousuf Karsh, gelatin silver print, 1972. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Estrellita Karsh in memory of Yousuf Karsh ...

YOUSUF KARSH was born in Mardin, Armenia-in-Turkey, two days before Christmas, 1908. ... Martha Graham. AS EVERYBODY knows, Martha Graham has originated, out of the dance, ...

Yousuf Karsh stands for a photo next to the “Roaring Lion” portrait during the preview of his 80th birthday exhibition at London’s Barbican Art Gallery. Photo: PA Images via Getty Images.

Yousuf Karsh, photographer of the famous, died on July 13th, aged 93 ... Martin Graham was determined to see his dream come true. The founder of Longborough Festival Opera died on April 21st, aged 83.

“Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits,” from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, will open at the Rockwell Museum in Corning on Feb. 8.

Yousuf Karsh, whose formal photographs of many of the 20th century’s great names in the arts, politics and science made him one of the world’s best-known portrait photographers, died Saturday ...

After a photographer's apprenticeship in Boston, Armenian-born Yousuf Karsh set up his own portrait studio in Ottawa because he yearned to photograph prominent men. Now a courtly 51, Karsh of ...

When Yousuf Karsh died in 2002, Blanchard spoke at his funeral. He remembers him as a fascinating and funny man. “Every time I was with him, it was a like a walk through history.” ...

Yousuf Karsh died in July 2002 in Boston, where he had moved to with his wife Estrellita about five years earlier. He was 92. Karsh is buried at Ottawa's Notre Dame cemetery.