内容提要
“你能让一只怒吼的狮子安静下来进入拍摄状态”。
温斯顿•丘吉尔致尤瑟福•卡什
65年来，卡什向我们展示出一系列的著名人物。在他镜头下的人物肖像照片已经成为20世纪的划时代标志。他的肖像摄影，包括温斯顿•丘吉尔，菲德尔•卡斯特罗, 欧内斯特•海明威, 约翰•肯尼迪以及阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦, 这些都是世界上最著名的人像摄影作品。
尤瑟福•卡什生于土耳其亚美尼亚, 在穆斯林统治下的土耳其成长为一名基督徒。14岁时, 为了躲避恐怖的种族屠杀并为了追求自由, 他和全家人逃到叙利亚, 除了身上的背包以外一无所有。他16岁时, 父母将他送到加拿大魁北克省希尔布鲁克市跟随他的叔叔乔治•纳什，一名肖像摄影师生活和工作。他叔叔慧眼识珠, 发现了侄子的艺术天赋, 于1928年将20岁的卡什送到美国波士顿市, 师从北美最顶尖的肖像摄影家之一约翰•加伦。卡什在波士顿期间接触到了当地的知识名流阶层, 从此奠定了这个年轻人一生艺术生涯的基调, 他年轻, 才华横溢, 求知若渴。1933年卡什返回加拿大, 在渥太华斯巴克街开了一个简陋的摄影工作室。并引起了当时的加拿大总理麦肯锡•金的注意, 他大力提携这个当时尚不知名的摄影师, 频频介绍他给到访的权贵和名人拍摄肖像。
作为有史以来最伟大肖像摄影家之一，卡什几乎和他镜头下的传奇人物一样知名。在2000年版的“国际名人录”里尤瑟福•卡什是唯一一名位列20世纪最著名100位名人中的加拿大人。卡什曾为其中51人拍摄过肖像。
由于手术后并发症, 卡什2002年7月13日逝世于波士顿医院, 终年93岁。
"You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed.”
Sir Winston Churchill to Yousuf Karsh
For 65 years, Karsh has presented us with a catalogue of famous faces. Karsh portraits have become 20th century icons - the kind of images that define an age and are etched into memory. Karsh portraits - some of which include Sir Winston Churchill, Georgia O’Keefe, Pablo Casals, Fidel Castro, Ernest Hemingway, John F. Kennedy and Albert Einstein - rank among the world’s most celebrated photographs.
Yousuf Karsh was born in Turkish Armenia, growing up as a Christian in predominantly Muslim Turkey. Karsh was just 14 when the family fled the horror of genocide in Armenia for freedom in Syria, with nothing but their belongings on their backs. At the tender age of 16, Karsh’s parents sent him to Sherbrooke, Quebec, to live and work with his uncle, George Nakash, a portrait photographer.
Recognizing his nephew’s talent, in 1928, Nakash sent 20-year-old Karsh to Boston to study with John H. Garo, one of the top portrait photographers in America. His exposure to the powerful and famous in Boston would leave an indelible impression on the young man and determine the course of his life.
Young, talented and hungry, Karsh returned to Canada and set up a humble studio on Sparks Street in Ottawa. Eventually, he caught the eye of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who took a liking to the relatively unknown photographer and helped him arrange for visiting dignitaries to sit for portraits.
One of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time. Of the most 100 notable people of the century, named by the International who’s who〔2000〕, Karsh had photographed 51, Karsh was also the only Canadian to make the list.
Yousuf Karsh died in a Boston hospital on July 13, 2002 after complications following surgery. He was 93.
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