The Greatest Portrait Photographer of All Time

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  • Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian Canadian photographer known for his portraits of important and famous men and women of politics, Hollywood, and the arts. He took portraits of everyone from Albert Einstein and Sir Winston Churchill to Walt Disney and Grace Kelly.
    Karsh was a patient photographer. He took his time in order to make his subjects comfortable, easing them out of their shells to capture their true personalities.
    Colorized Pao Casals Video by: ‪@aristideduplessis8151‬
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  • @_magnify
    @_magnify  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3754

    I learned from this video that the real name of "Pablo Casals" is "Pau Casals", which was his Catalan name. The colorized video of him in this video was done by @aristideduplessis8151.

    • @carlesm93
      @carlesm93 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Actually, it's Pau Casals, "Pao" does not exist as a name in Catalan. Cheers from Barcelona ✌🏻

    • @YoKKJoni
      @YoKKJoni 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      too bad thats all you learned..

    • @eloiprat2436
      @eloiprat2436 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thank you so much for pointing this out. Such an important part of him, yet so often forgotten. Moltes gràcies, salut.

    • @numbersix8919
      @numbersix8919 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Shut up ya big know it all.
      But thanks for the tips.

    • @rodrigoappendino
      @rodrigoappendino 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This name would suffer with a lot of jokes in Brazil.

  • @youdidntseeanything8589
    @youdidntseeanything8589 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +87990

    How cool was Mr. Karsh?!
    Photographing the person, instead of just their face

    • @youtubehandlesareridiculous
      @youtubehandlesareridiculous 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +514

      I'd feel cheated if I was the cellist. I hope he didn't pay to have an expression-less, dimly-lit picture of his back.

    • @youdidntseeanything8589
      @youdidntseeanything8589 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2381

      @@youtubehandlesareridiculous If he was as dedicated as we were led to believe by this video, I have little hesitation in assuming that he was most pleased by the photographer, his process, and the final result.
      The work was the point, not his own face, is what I would guess his thinking might align with.

    • @marigolden_mariposa
      @marigolden_mariposa 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +617

      ​@@youtubehandlesareridiculous I don't think you understand what's going on here 😅

    • @gotaro69
      @gotaro69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@marigolden_mariposaneither do you ❤

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +710

      ​@@youtubehandlesareridiculousthankfully you're not the cellist. Because the piece was definitely made with the cellist's intent and desires in mind.

  • @ezix3753
    @ezix3753 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35304

    I just googled his work and holy shit he literally was behind every iconic picture of every important figure in the 20th century

    • @chungus816
      @chungus816 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2085

      Just looked him up and you're right. It's almost scary, someone should make a conspiracy out of this

    • @maninblack3410
      @maninblack3410 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4096

      @@chungus816 what’s the conspiracy? Man so good at his job that people who would benefit from his work sought him out?

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      Yes

    • @dannylojkovic5205
      @dannylojkovic5205 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1180

      @@maninblack3410no, “Karsh” is actually a name from the planet ZB-016. Karsh is an alien. Humans can’t take that great of pictures

    • @chungus816
      @chungus816 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@maninblack3410 no he's obviously hired by the Cia to create fake images of people to confuse people

  • @patrickwilliamson6341
    @patrickwilliamson6341 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8202

    What's absolutely wild was that this man, before becoming world renowned for his photography, actually took the wedding photos for my great grandparents. He would write them a letter every year on their anniversary checking in to see how things were, and eventually gifted a book of his most famous photos to them that my grandma still has 💚

    • @Bee84000
      @Bee84000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +415

      Shit that’s sick bro

    • @mrwiseguy7405
      @mrwiseguy7405 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      🔥

    • @phoeinxdrop2300
      @phoeinxdrop2300 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +146

      Dude that picture must be amazing

    • @cookiewar288
      @cookiewar288 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      damn

    • @chunkerdunker
      @chunkerdunker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      Send it on your channel, i gotta see this

  • @budhainme
    @budhainme 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1414

    Every time I hear about another famous Armenian I’m like dude, there are only like 5 million Armenians in the world… mad respect, Mr. Karsch

    • @Virci_
      @Virci_ หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      nah fam there’s legit 16 million of us. pretty small compared to the amount of people on the planet

    • @burak3433
      @burak3433 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nope just think about how many muricans, germans, brits, italian, frenchs, russians u have heard of. And compare it.

    • @jppatt995
      @jppatt995 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@burak3433Just because you had a Eurocentric education doesn't mean it's the absolute truth. Great names have emerged in droves in the most diverse places throughout human history. Just look at the history of the Near and Far East, for example.

    • @yuri_armenia
      @yuri_armenia หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      18 millions Armenians and 7 millions CryptoArmenians (Hidden Armenians) in the world. But on Russian Wikipedia the number of Crypto-Armenians is 27 millions.

    • @e30lev
      @e30lev หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Gemutte you’re jealous 😂

  • @james2529
    @james2529 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17229

    Wait, one person took all those photos? Some of the most iconic photos of the 20th century? Dang. Much respect.

    • @ThankYouAYODHYA
      @ThankYouAYODHYA 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +274

      Looks like all great things was supposed to happen in 20th century. We no more hear greats like Rutgerfor or Neil's Bohr or Marie Curie..... man list enever ends..

    • @user-rx5dh4le5x
      @user-rx5dh4le5x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +651

      @@ThankYouAYODHYAwell, i would argue that you’re getting ahead of yourself, see the 21st century started just 2 decades ago, who knows what’s to come in the next 50-70 years? We still got playground.

    • @ThankYouAYODHYA
      @ThankYouAYODHYA 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      @@user-rx5dh4le5x I know. self annihilation. 😄😄

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Consider that awards don't get awarded until decades after the work has been completed. We won't know what is great in the 2000s until at least 2030 - 2070@@ThankYouAYODHYA

    • @charlietian4023
      @charlietian4023 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's just because you haven't really taken the time to educate yourself on current figures. There are so many physicists today and other scientists pushing the boundaries. It's more an information gap if anything​@@ThankYouAYODHYA

  • @theresespencer2827
    @theresespencer2827 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25717

    Karsh is an artist with a camera. His work not only expresses the subject of the picture, but also Karsh's talents.

    • @envy7522
      @envy7522 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      Yeah, like a photographer

    • @Greenteabook
      @Greenteabook 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +165

      ​@@envy7522I don't think you understand. Karsh is the Pinnacle of Portrait photography as Ansel Adams is the Pinnacle of Landscape photography. They both made reality just look better on black and white film.

    • @blondsquirrel4739
      @blondsquirrel4739 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      Yeah i often feel a little annoyed when i see photography displayed alongside of paintings and other types of art at museums because of the small amount of time and effort that a photographer put into their pieces compared to the up to hundreds of hours painters put into theirs, but i would not feel that way about Karsh’s

    • @blondsquirrel4739
      @blondsquirrel4739 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      There are occasional photographers who’s work i see and i know that they understood what they were photographing and made it beautiful, those are the people who’s work i don’t have a problem with

    • @skydivenext
      @skydivenext 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Greenteabookso like a photographer that does portrait?

  • @maksymushka
    @maksymushka 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +832

    This is probably the best and most informative short I've ever watched. This was a good use of my time.

    • @bubaks2
      @bubaks2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Now you can take amazing portraits too!

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8732

    "To understand a person, it takes respect and time"
    He literally yanked Churchill's cigar to get that photo 😅

    • @drunksunited
      @drunksunited 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +571

      He respected him, knew his limits and captured a great photo it sounds like

    • @ThugDollXO
      @ThugDollXO 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@drunksunited😢rjjj😊

    • @SuPeReZ23
      @SuPeReZ23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      if he had yanked the cane, we wouldn't be talking about it
      -
      for the first time i perceive the literal visual shadow where the legendary cigar would be

    • @KingsMaker-yu6pq
      @KingsMaker-yu6pq 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah he knew Churchill is a fat fraud so he took a photo of that, a fat fraud

    • @bastoncito9643
      @bastoncito9643 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      but you cant deny its a great photo

  • @ST0IC
    @ST0IC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2520

    "What expression do you want me to have for the photo?"
    Karsh: "Just turn around and face the wall" 🗿

    • @barlmax4095
      @barlmax4095 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      “damn I know I’m ugly but goddam”
      - Pablo, probably

    • @Otakuopui
      @Otakuopui 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      These days photos had a meaning

    • @Souleater787
      @Souleater787 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Karsh: "You blinked, gotta retake it."

    • @gab2876
      @gab2876 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Jokes and all but I find myself really interested in that photo. Strange to say but felt like I could really understand what that person did and it expressed them well.

    • @loren8888
      @loren8888 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Oh I love that photograph. He's not even facing anything, just a brick wall. It's telling the viewer this man is 100 percent immersed in his instrument. Pure dedication.

  • @Funkylittleguy27
    @Funkylittleguy27 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    Normal photographers capture a moment in a persons life
    Mr. Karsh captures a persons life in a photo

  • @uspelleditwrong
    @uspelleditwrong หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    That Castro picture is so impactful. So much emotion behind his eyes

  • @davidbrunnerchemeng
    @davidbrunnerchemeng 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4369

    I love the story behind the churchill photo, apparently he plucked out churchills cigar, and that scowl was his response. Fun fact: iirc that photo was taken in the canadian parliament

    • @tetsuo964
      @tetsuo964 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +446

      "Fact" and "iirc" shouldn't be put in the same sentence.

    • @sglenny001
      @sglenny001 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      That cool

    • @imbored6037
      @imbored6037 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's it?

    • @ArohiVasquez
      @ArohiVasquez 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      ⁠@@tetsuo964excuse me, what iirc stand for?

    • @schnozz4301
      @schnozz4301 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

      ​@@ArohiVasquez iirc means "if I remember correctly"

  • @johnfitzgerald7618
    @johnfitzgerald7618 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7978

    Karsh's career was in Canada. While he was alive he photographed just about every important Canadian. A portrait by him was a sign you'd arrived in the top tier. He's still an iconic figure here.

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When did he pass?

    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      July 13, 2002 (93 years old) due to surgical complications

    • @aleks-33
      @aleks-33 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Thank you! I will look him up now to learn more about random famous Canadians 😮😂 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @Mayakran
      @Mayakran 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      For good reason! Man’s work is phenomenal.

  • @chrisbilling
    @chrisbilling 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    You can really feel the intensity of those photos. Like the persons soul was captured in a moment

  • @HelpfulPip
    @HelpfulPip 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    Glad to know me and my Armenian brothers have someone of our ethnicity we look up to

    • @snusey3642
      @snusey3642 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I want to replace the most popular Armenians (kardashians) with System of a Down they are much better

    • @johannj
      @johannj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is legit the only armenian i have ever heard of that didnt have "yan/ian" at the end of their last name

    • @HelpfulPip
      @HelpfulPip 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@johannj my last name is Yessaian lol

    • @henzoko5946
      @henzoko5946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@johannjMany had to change their last names due to facing discrimination. Had to fit in

    • @victoriakocharian
      @victoriakocharian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Armenian version of his first name seems to be Hovsep(quite common in Armenia, Joseph is the English version). Last name seems to be unchanged for at least one generation, as his father had the same last name. Could’ve been changed earlier, during the Abdul Hamid era.

  • @davidluftig4644
    @davidluftig4644 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1926

    As a professional photographer this is a wonderful post and a reminder to study Karsh. Ive hit the mark a few times and i started back in "film". Btw he used a large format camera which makes technique even more important as you cant shoot several shots in a row.

    • @Melanie-Shea
      @Melanie-Shea 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Large format is like taking a photograph with a temperamental snake.

    • @jonathangarciacastellanos8240
      @jonathangarciacastellanos8240 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      By any chance, do you know the name of the book shown in the short?

    • @Melanie-Shea
      @Melanie-Shea 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonathangarciacastellanos8240 “Karsh Portraits”
      This copy is just missing It’s silver cover, the actual book is red underneath.
      Damn, I should get this book honestly.

    • @Melanie-Shea
      @Melanie-Shea 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonathangarciacastellanos8240 I’ll fight u in an eBay bidding war, best get to it ahaha

  • @nxbulae
    @nxbulae 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4053

    i implore you to look at karsh’s work whenever you have free time. the portraits are all amazing and seemingly tell a story.

    • @satriyodaffa5691
      @satriyodaffa5691 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Where can i see his work?

    • @davebob9796
      @davebob9796 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Where

    • @nickbob2003
      @nickbob2003 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Bruh how did two separate people not realize you can just look up karsh portraits and see them all

    • @satriyodaffa5691
      @satriyodaffa5691 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@nickbob2003 i know but i think there are like official website to see his work or something like that

    • @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel
      @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@satriyodaffa5691you don't need official websites to find a list of his work

  • @Nuilescent
    @Nuilescent 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    This is what shorts should be like. Thank you for educating me.

  • @Isabelleagirlwhoeatswalls
    @Isabelleagirlwhoeatswalls 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    As an armenian, I am so happy to see armenians who are important for our history in shorts

  • @mascotwithadinosaur9353
    @mascotwithadinosaur9353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2615

    Photographers often have a way of making you see things differently. My dad's a photographer and while he's probably nowhere near Karsh's level, we still have a photo he secretly took of my mom while she was depressed and disheveled. To this day, out of the many photos I have of my mom, the one taken by my dad is the most stunning.

    • @fries3187
      @fries3187 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ​@JohnWick-lp6fisorry to the op, but I agree with you.

    • @side2k
      @side2k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +219

      ​@JohnWick-lp6fion the contrary. Best photos are made when people don't know. It allows to capture a person as opposed to what person wants to show.
      Its just not everyone is happy about themselves. Photo does not have anything to do with that.

    • @craze9073
      @craze9073 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

      Here’s the thing, if it was a random person? Sure, creepy as hell. But if it is a loved one? That is typically considered normal, and I doubt they would care that much especially considering the relationship.

    • @mascotwithadinosaur9353
      @mascotwithadinosaur9353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

      @JohnWick-lp6fi I agree with the idea, but I think you are being very rude.
      None of what I stated in my comment indicated that they were strangers. That was a conclusion you jumped to on your own.
      And please keep in mind that you only know what I decide to share about my family, and therefore, you do not know them. Using such harsh judgement as calling my dad "fucking weird" is rude.
      They were dating at the time, and he thought it'd cheer her up. They don't even live together anymore but she still keeps the photo because it's her favorite.

    • @pinkishhaven5158
      @pinkishhaven5158 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      ​​@@side2kI'm with you on that. I too believe that some of the best snaps are when people aren't aware. My example? My family, or specifically my dad. He does _not_ know how to smile lol, we've been teaching him for years. But it always ends up stiff, he's just really camera shy. But then I end up capturing one of the most relaxed, natural expressions and poses from him, and you know what they're from? Stolen shots.
      I know if I called him and inform him I'm taking a picture he'd stiffen up trying to find a pose and do that smile like something is pulling his lips by force. Or even when he doesn't smile, like he'd strike a pose where he's serious, it still ends up really stiff.
      But I had moments, for when he's in a serious face but also still natural looking at the same time.
      And when I get a particularly good shot I show it to him, and he ends up loving it.
      After all, for whatever snaps they shoot, it's the photographers responsibility. A good photographer would know when a picture they took would be a no-no post. A bad photographer is what the other person probably meant, one who has a sadistic want and capability of leaking photos for the purpose of humiliation.
      When I take a stolen pic of my family, and I happened to capture stuff I know they won't like, I either delete it or do a thing where I just don't show it to anyone and hide it, because who knows...one day someone in the family finds it and looking back at the pictures, well...
      edit typo

  • @Aggiemayson
    @Aggiemayson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1568

    Karsh's work sounds like the perfect material to study for pose/composition i think. Holy shit he's cool

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Okay, I love that mentality of capturing an image that best represents what is foundational to a person's greatness rather than just aiming for aesthetic beauty of a formulaic shot. It is a picture that tells a story of their life, and that's something special.

  • @kazura9561
    @kazura9561 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you for specifying that he was Armenian. Every day I discover something about our people which makes me proud to be born an Armenian

    • @cheeesusss
      @cheeesusss 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The same😊🇦🇲💜

  • @10C45E
    @10C45E 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1480

    This truly shows why photography is an artform

  • @bossyspaghetti
    @bossyspaghetti 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1290

    His understanding of depth of field in photography is unmatched.

    • @Indy_at_the_beach
      @Indy_at_the_beach 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Uhhh, DOF was one of the first things you learn to master with large format. Literally everyone with actual skills had to know that. Amateurs using 35mm were scarcely of it as they used the Kodak exposure guide that came with every roll of film that told you to use f8 on down to f16 for daylight photography and flash. Only recently has the shallow DOF fad become a thing because of the revolution in digital cameras that got people using fast lenses in low light because they were frightened of flash. Now it is a cliche where it was once just one tool in the box.

  • @anahitaghoyan3552
    @anahitaghoyan3552 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Yet another GREAT Armenian🇦🇲❤

  • @BS-jg7dy
    @BS-jg7dy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There is a moment that will never exist again. These moments are all around us. That's what you feel with photography and especially portraits.

  • @Greentrees60
    @Greentrees60 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +822

    Though I've never seen the Oppenheimer photo before, AS SOON as I saw the photo I knew this short was about Karsh. His style is incomparable

    • @blacksmith67
      @blacksmith67 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I hadn’t seen the Oppenheimer portrait before and I also knew it was Karsh. Growing up in Ottawa, I was aware of him and his work long before the Web and Internet exploded.

    • @user-ug5xr2gb6j
      @user-ug5xr2gb6j 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      In Karsh’s photograph, Oppenheimer really looks like Dr. Sheldon Cooper as an old man. 😂

  • @dracotitanfall
    @dracotitanfall 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +510

    Knew what "goes hard" means in the 1940s

  • @Zuhaibashraf
    @Zuhaibashraf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Idk why but i want to hear or read thier conversation during time they spent with greatness of each other.

  • @love_heaven
    @love_heaven หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    im no critique but even my ordinary eyes can see the art and passion from these portraits

  • @WigglyTuffStuff
    @WigglyTuffStuff 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +665

    I recognized Georgia O'Keefe's photograph, and I've never even seen her face. Truly a master at his craft.

    • @natem1579
      @natem1579 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait, how???

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@natem1579 the antlers are in a painting?

    • @AbstractMan23
      @AbstractMan23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What do you mean?

    • @MoodswingWhiskey
      @MoodswingWhiskey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@andhearttsyou are thinking of Frida Khalo

    • @whales2983
      @whales2983 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@andhearttsthats a costume.of frida khalo... noy georgia o keefe

  • @SWTORLOL87
    @SWTORLOL87 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +861

    The photograph of Audrey Hepburn* is awe inspiring.

    • @WesaTwoRivers
      @WesaTwoRivers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Hepburn. Heparin is a blood thinner.😊

    • @SWTORLOL87
      @SWTORLOL87 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@WesaTwoRivers I thought it looked funny when autocorrect put it there lol.

    • @Alpacaeater
      @Alpacaeater 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I thought i was tripping at first but it is her

    • @matchboxlover9797
      @matchboxlover9797 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That one was the worst

    • @Sapphosroommate
      @Sapphosroommate 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@WesaTwoRiversso beautiful she sicled the blood right out of you

  • @anastasiaschultz5719
    @anastasiaschultz5719 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    wow. that is so cool! it really makes you realize what for an art form photography is

  • @AnthonySmith-sc4zs
    @AnthonySmith-sc4zs หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely love his work and especially the Ernest Hemingway shot. Truly breathtaking work.

  • @barbararowley6077
    @barbararowley6077 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +618

    And this is why photography is art! Capturing that essence of a person without the liberties allowed by other media requires such talent and dedication.

    • @jaad9848
      @jaad9848 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is why photography “can” be art

  • @LogicalBomb
    @LogicalBomb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +537

    Damn. I love this so much. Those pictures say so much about those people, somehow.

  • @mrsfahrenheit
    @mrsfahrenheit 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just got lost flipping through his portraits for an hour. His work is amazing !❤

  • @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue
    @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Proud of my Armenian people🇦🇲👍🏻. Good job Yousuf Karsh 🙏🏻

    • @Cgoat35
      @Cgoat35 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Armenian united

    • @TonySoprano-oo8wd
      @TonySoprano-oo8wd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I love turkey 😊

    • @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue
      @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TonySoprano-oo8wd you love cousin fucking mass murderers?

    • @fovgelbescher
      @fovgelbescher 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Peace from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🕊️🇦🇲

    • @GeoN_2605
      @GeoN_2605 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am from Georgia 🇬🇪

  • @stretchh2o
    @stretchh2o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +316

    That picture of pablo took me a minute to really appreciate. He's sitting in a empty with no else practicing. No one really see these moments, only the results of his work❤

  • @lushawang3445
    @lushawang3445 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    as an Armenian I didn’t think I would come across this video at 3 am 😅 I remember seeing these photographs in Armenian online communities when I was a teenager, they’re really impressive 😮

    • @MikhailMyers
      @MikhailMyers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      I’m also an armenian, and I was kinda surprised when I heard he’s armenian, I was just mindlessly scrolling lol

    • @clarawoodman9331
      @clarawoodman9331 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Half Armenian on my mom side too, and i had to look him up, and he was deported to aleppo around the same time two of my great-grandparents were, kinda weird to think about (and then when they were suppose to go to the US, the French custom officers suspected that my great-grandmother had tuberculosis (she was throwing up blood) while in fact she was just very pregnant with twins, so they just stayed in france

    • @Aidaneer
      @Aidaneer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MikhailMyersSame lol

    • @Elite_Teach
      @Elite_Teach 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I wonder if his last name is actually Քաշիշյան

    • @commoner__
      @commoner__ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Elite_TeachNope just Եուսուֆ Քարշ. No need to try to standardize his name.

  • @randilevson9547
    @randilevson9547 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I believe Mr. Karsh lived and worked in Canada for a time, in the 1970's. He is truly sn artist.

    • @pseudonymous9153
      @pseudonymous9153 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I mean I guess 1923-1997 *is* technically "a time" and does include the entire 1970s

  • @trikepilot101
    @trikepilot101 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Karsh moved to Canada when he was 15 years old and soon became a citizen. He was born in Armenia, but he was a Canadian photographer.

  • @napalmmark7795
    @napalmmark7795 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +506

    What makes photo great is because it can tell moment or describe person more than any words to everyone

  • @LeonardChurch33
    @LeonardChurch33 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    I didn't realize portraiture could be so stunning

  • @phoeinxdrop2300
    @phoeinxdrop2300 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That man knew how to put people’s souls into his pictures taking just a piece of that feeling you always have when near someone great and putting it in his pictures truly he managed to capture greatness

  • @astroblaze_
    @astroblaze_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love seeing low-quality casual pictures from that era, even when photography was much more involved of a process people still wanted to have fun with it

  • @beridus
    @beridus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +224

    Now that's an artist who paints with his eyes.

    • @greensprite4979
      @greensprite4979 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      as an ophthalmologist, I do not encourage this hobby.

  • @Mayakran
    @Mayakran 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +385

    One of my complaints about photography is that it can often capture the photographer rather than the subject (it’s hard to explain, but something about the composition and how carefully selected and posed photos can be can seem to show not the truth of the object but only the narrow story the photographer has in mind, which certainly has a place, but this might not be appropriate for portraiture, and I’ve seen too many portraits look like the subject has been used like a model rather than letting them speak for themselves) whereas these seem to have really taken a part of the spirit of the person. Fascinating stuff.

    • @TheLily97232
      @TheLily97232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To me it is just the feeling that it's not that, but it is.

    • @TheLily97232
      @TheLily97232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why is it a problem that the picture shows the photographer and not the person ?

    • @Mayakran
      @Mayakran 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@TheLily97232 I mean, if you have a portrait taken of a famous person (or even your grandma), you’re interested in capturing THEIR likeness, not that of the person behind the camera.

    • @8obil116
      @8obil116 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Basil Halward 💀

    • @thedog5k
      @thedog5k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Mayakranthis could be said for practically anything photographed

  • @eternalmiasma5586
    @eternalmiasma5586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro smoked with Castro for hours 💀 you know he has gotta he one of the chillest dudes to ever live

  • @theshadowking3198
    @theshadowking3198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro let that man take my picture day photos he knows what he’s doing

  • @Hinarushi
    @Hinarushi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +150

    This photographer's photos look so crisp and almost like they are drawn! You can see and feel the soul in them.

    • @rRekko
      @rRekko 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's because he stole those people's soul! Have you never heard of them evil technologies!?

    • @Hinarushi
      @Hinarushi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rRekko Native Americans in a nutshell 😂😅

  • @mattnichols6810
    @mattnichols6810 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +232

    It's refreshing to see people recognizing not only the value of art, but also the value of artists. Especially during the rise of AI plagiarism.

    • @IgorNV
      @IgorNV 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I agree with the first part, but AI isn't inherently plagiarism, that's not how plagiarism works.

    • @saccorhytus
      @saccorhytus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      it’s not plagiarism but it’s still just lazy

    • @albinofroggy
      @albinofroggy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@IgorNVAI can only learn from art that exists. Therefore it uses the work of someone else to create art. The AI itself almost never has the permission of the original artists to use their pictures as the source of knowledge. The AI isn't making "inspired" or "transformative" works. It can only make derivative works. It's a loose application of plagiarism, but it's still true to a small degree.

    • @ArchOfficial
      @ArchOfficial 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@albinofroggy Wait till you find out that all art works this way at a technical level. There hasn't been anything original made in centuries, and if you consider studying from life as copying, then nothing original has ever been made.
      Of course, AI lacks context, and what's really creative is combining things and giving them a context that they wouldn't have separately. AI isn't great at that, apart from the technical aspect where it just mashes elements together without a coherent thesis.

    • @grain9640
      @grain9640 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm a traditional painter and I use the gaming GPU I never ended up using much + Stable Diffusion to generate moodboards. I use the moodboards as a secondary or tertiary reference to pin to my easel. It's pretty useless beyond that.
      People who use it at the middle and end stage of their art process are delusional, I'm more worried about them than the advancement of AI

  • @CCL83
    @CCL83 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a photographer, I have always struggled with portraiture. It's extremely hard, and I never got the hang of it. I have so much respect for anyone who does it well.

  • @NumbNicole
    @NumbNicole 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Churchill's photo still looks so good to this day, who knew you could capture greatness from a person who looks like a grumpy old guy.

  • @tkim2320
    @tkim2320 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +266

    One of my photography professors was the personal master printer for all the photos for Herman Leonard, a photographer who got into photography working for Karsh and was on set for most of the photos shown in this video. Loved hearing stories of his time working with Karsh when I met Leonard. You can definitely see the impact working with Karsh reflected in Leonard's portraits of musicians.

  • @lorohasquarepants7386
    @lorohasquarepants7386 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    That is amazing. You can tell the difference right away. Amazing

  • @JunguianPhantom
    @JunguianPhantom 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never heard of the man before, but became a fan of his work with just this brief exposure. He was an excellent photographer

  • @epsiIonyx
    @epsiIonyx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    Part of me feels like his survival during the Armenian Genocide had some role to play in shaping his passion for capturing the whole person.
    Edit: To explain my perspective, Armenian properties were liquidated after the genocide to help sustain the Turkish state. Many Armenian family photographs and other visual artifacts were lost as a result, which produced a deep commitment to archival work across the Armenian diaspora. Countless photographs of unidentified Armenians and Armenian families exist, with no one left to name the pictured subjects. It makes sense that an Armenian Genocide survivor might develop a passion for representing his subjects, fully and authentically, for even strangers to embrace and know.

    • @BigOneD
      @BigOneD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You need to feel less I guess

    • @epsiIonyx
      @epsiIonyx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@BigOneDsorry you feel that way lil guy

    • @lotus_emanon
      @lotus_emanon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BigOneDkys turks

    • @jesustyronechrist2330
      @jesustyronechrist2330 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Do explain why. Otherwise this comment is a vague parallel to "source of strong emotion to another" which is barely in good taste, considering the subject matter...

    • @epsiIonyx
      @epsiIonyx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ⁠@@jesustyronechrist2330 Armenian properties were liquidated after the genocide to help sustain the Turkish state. Many Armenian family photographs and other visual artifacts were lost as a result, which produced a deep commitment to archival work across the Armenian diaspora. Countless photographs of unidentified Armenians and Armenian families exist, with no one left to name the pictured subjects. It makes sense that an Armenian Genocide survivor might develop a passion for representing his subjects fully and authentically for even strangers to embrace. There’s nothing vague about it.

  • @zetalure509
    @zetalure509 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    I‘m armenian and I‘ve done a presentation on him for my photography studies! I love, that he‘s getting a lot of recognition even in modern photography times :)

    • @bub7358
      @bub7358 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      🇦🇲 ❤

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Armenians founded the small town I live in Romania.

    • @thatshottaye
      @thatshottaye 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Menk darper bdough enk... 🙏🇦🇲✊

    • @nourahmed-sh2ox
      @nourahmed-sh2ox 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are Armenians related to Arabs?

  • @ClodsireBcuzYes
    @ClodsireBcuzYes 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    man- i wish he was around today to see what he could do with a colored professional camera

    • @sundaynightdinnerswithdebo945
      @sundaynightdinnerswithdebo945 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can see his work in Karsh's once student, Paul Couvrette, also of Ottawa. Paul Couvrette is one of the last portrait photographers who has photographed all of the royals, all of the politicians, all of the celebrities and notables.

    • @pseudonymous9153
      @pseudonymous9153 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bruh he died in 2002, he saw coloured photographs

  • @marianacamacho7026
    @marianacamacho7026 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know nothing of photography and I had never heard of this man, but I think I just felt a whole chill go through my spine. I am in awe, the way you are when you witness something truly unique and extraordinary. I need to have some of these in physical format.

  • @tarragoncake1556
    @tarragoncake1556 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I think I understand how his photos are so powerful. When I look at one, I feel either like I’m walking into the room and noticing the subject for the first time, or that I’m in the middle of a conversation as a friend. There’s just something so intimate and profound about how he captures the subject.

    • @TheLily97232
      @TheLily97232 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Bingo. The technique he used, the lighting creates a sense of presence. Add to that the fact that he spent time observing his subject , and BOOM

  • @celeste8360
    @celeste8360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    So many people have cameras but so few can create these moments. Bravo 👏

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly.

    • @DuBstep115
      @DuBstep115 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Every has a pen and paper
      Few people can even actually draw

  • @TehDawg
    @TehDawg 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ve never ever looked or considered photography in this way. I instantly appreciate it more after your video mate. Very cool stuff.

  • @IamBatmanOg
    @IamBatmanOg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tbh, the portrait of Churchill just demands respect. It is so iconic.

  • @HamiranAcin
    @HamiranAcin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    The first picture of Churchill💀💀💀

  • @nancyf7919
    @nancyf7919 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Cool! When I was a small bored Canadian kid, my parents let me run around The Chateau Laurier while they were there at a conference. I ended up in front of Karsh's art deco Studio entrance. That was when I discovered who he was.

  • @Soon8887
    @Soon8887 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Videos like this remind me to be proud of my country 🇦🇲

  • @timberwolf8182
    @timberwolf8182 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Whoa, that was a whole art appreciation class in less than a minute. I feel enlightened

  • @bobbyking1456
    @bobbyking1456 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pablo Casals picture for some reason always gives me the chills.

  • @ix69yn
    @ix69yn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every photo Karsh has taken is beautiful

  • @boRegah
    @boRegah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Epic, I never thought this way about portrait photography

  • @krimsonk-9478
    @krimsonk-9478 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    Thats amazing...this man helped capture multiple parts of history and we all had no idea were appreciating his art along the way.

  • @afifsalim5533
    @afifsalim5533 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow his pictures really speaks volume! They have souls! And like he said, his pictures really do reveals who they are

  • @ODwyreArtWorld
    @ODwyreArtWorld หลายเดือนก่อน

    There comes a time in every artist's career when the world decides to indulge you. Thats really what all artist's chase. And through that creative freedom they are free to do their best work.

  • @armen4ok280
    @armen4ok280 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Armenia mentioned! 🇦🇲☦️🦅🦅

  • @TheDoorspook11c
    @TheDoorspook11c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Never knew his name, just the pictures. Wow 👌

  • @jonmandelbaum5395
    @jonmandelbaum5395 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Big Karsh fan. Back when I lived in Boston MA, the MFA had a wonderful Karsh exhibit my mom took me to. It was in the 90’s. I forget when. We were so moved by the works that we bought the book that went with the exhibit and we still have it. I’m more of a sculpture guy so I read these differently than some but don’t get me wrong cuz I find inspiration mostly outside what many in the ivory tower consider to be the fine art bubble. Most of my college friends were in graphic design for instance. Photography is outside my wheelhouse rn but I intend to learn it

  • @Tootall206
    @Tootall206 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mister Karsh understood how to catch the energy of those people.
    Truly a talent.

  • @MarshallMiziani
    @MarshallMiziani 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    His photos are truly pieces of art ❤

  • @melt.3568
    @melt.3568 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow, angles and views you wouldn't even consider. What an incredibly skilled photographer and human.

  • @luisvidalmc2
    @luisvidalmc2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Probably one of the most inspiring posts I’ve seen this week. Thanks man.

  • @johnfairweather9188
    @johnfairweather9188 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s the lighting and the posing on a large format camera. It’s also the hard work and talent of Karsh’s overlooked darkroom technicians.

  • @DXDragon38
    @DXDragon38 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Mr. Kaesh sounds like a genius at his job.
    His photographs are works of art

    • @johnedelmann6711
      @johnedelmann6711 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I read that, I thought I read that as 'Kayshe.'

  • @Andrewcomedy
    @Andrewcomedy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I’m kind of shocked how much I love this simple video. It’s hard to get that much information in a 1 minute video and still make it not feel rushed. Great job!

  • @ytuser4562
    @ytuser4562 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve never been all that enthusiastic about photography, but that’s incredibly fascinating. For the first time, I do actually feel the ideas of the person conveyed instead of just their name.

  • @LGDUDE
    @LGDUDE 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    They are glowing so bright although its black and white

  • @Recat6217
    @Recat6217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    A photo that explains a person without words

  • @Peculiar3000
    @Peculiar3000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I’ve always sort of questioned photography as a form of art. Point camera, click, art. Hell I’ve been out walking and taken photography level images just by stopping for 10 minutes or so. But this man makes photography into true art

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What the hell is a "photography level image"? 😂

    • @Thryllos
      @Thryllos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      maybe amateur level images but i really doubt you took “photography level images” if by that you mean something that looks like it’s from a professional photographer just by stopping for 10 minutes

    • @colinstock325
      @colinstock325 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Thryllos”professional” doesn’t equate to talent in any field, particularly in the arts. “Professional” means the person’s main income is from that field. In the case of photography I know too many talented “amateur” photographers who have photography as a hobby just to get away from their day job.

    • @Thryllos
      @Thryllos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@colinstock325 ok then i misused the word professional, maybe a better word would be proficient.

    • @dragomirandrei2758
      @dragomirandrei2758 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, I definitely doubt you took "photography level images". Do you know anything about composition, lighting, color theory?

  • @dania.s.9334
    @dania.s.9334 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love when artists really seek to say something with their art and not just make something just because it's pretty, I mean I can admire something beautiful and make something just for fun, but it's different when the art speaks and pulls the essence of a person, idea, thought, emotion, an experience, it's powerful.

  • @barghest94
    @barghest94 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome, so many iconic pictures that i've seen a thousand times were taken by him.

  • @ALopezTheBoss
    @ALopezTheBoss 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Fun fact, "Pablo" Casals real name was Pau (not Pablo) which means Peace in catalan (his native language).

    • @TheAlchemist1089
      @TheAlchemist1089 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Free Catalonia ❤

    • @TedEhioghae
      @TedEhioghae 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@TheAlchemist1089Catalonia is Spanish.
      The state/province that would make sense to leave Spain would be Basque Country.
      Although, they shouldn't leave either.

    • @lysanamcmillan7972
      @lysanamcmillan7972 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@TedEhioghae Your logic is not explained. Claiming they should stay with a fascist government that hates them while not explaining why is ridiculous.

    • @le_beks
      @le_beks 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yea, that hurt a lot to see and listen :') it's pau not pablo, that was his name imposed by the spanish dictatorship! @magnify

    • @T-h-a-t_G-u-y
      @T-h-a-t_G-u-y 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lysanamcmillan7972Remove your brain from the 1970s if you really think Spain is fascist.

  • @adri773
    @adri773 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    His name is Pau Casals, not Pablo. Pablo is an Spanish exonym for the catalan name Pau.

    • @robinrehlinghaus1944
      @robinrehlinghaus1944 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Really?

    • @adri773
      @adri773 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@robinrehlinghaus1944 surprisingly, even spanish Wikipedia calls him Pau (even though is referred as Pablo several times). In catalan Wikipedia (look for videos of Pau Casals at United Nations) is only called Pau. He never called himself Pablo.

    • @robinrehlinghaus1944
      @robinrehlinghaus1944 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@adri773 Interesting

    • @Xylaria2115
      @Xylaria2115 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Came here to say the same thing, I'm glad someone beat me to it.

    • @haldouglas4773
      @haldouglas4773 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@adri773 how is that surprising? it's his name, of course he calls himself his name. of course sources of information call him his name. it's his name.

  • @FrogeniusW.G.
    @FrogeniusW.G. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I 100% agree with him!
    You need to "see"/understand a person to really catch it's beauty.

  • @dyhall
    @dyhall 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s amazing how many of these became the definitive images of all these extremely famous people. The image that is printed or evoked every time someone says their name- he knew how to make them.

  • @BunkerSquirrel
    @BunkerSquirrel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    A photographer who truly knew how to capture a person’s soul.
    Wonder how he stored all of em?

  • @StoneGem17
    @StoneGem17 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I think his photographs make the person more like the main subject maybe thats common sense but you can tell

  • @user-st5bd9zi1j
    @user-st5bd9zi1j หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can say Without actually knowing about him that he was one of the greatest photographers ever been on earth ❤