The Greatest Portrait Photographer of All Time

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024
  • 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  8 месяцев назад +9234

    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 8 месяцев назад +104

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

    • @YoKKJoni
      @YoKKJoni 7 месяцев назад +8

      too bad thats all you learned..

    • @eloiprat2436
      @eloiprat2436 7 месяцев назад +44

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

    • @numbersix8919
      @numbersix8919 7 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @rodrigoappendino
      @rodrigoappendino 7 месяцев назад +15

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

  • @youdidntseeanything8589
    @youdidntseeanything8589 10 месяцев назад +112691

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

    • @youtubehandlesareridiculous
      @youtubehandlesareridiculous 10 месяцев назад +654

      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 10 месяцев назад +3034

      @@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 10 месяцев назад +769

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

    • @gotaro69
      @gotaro69 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@marigolden_mariposaneither do you ❤

    • @Vekcrazah
      @Vekcrazah 10 месяцев назад +877

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

  • @james2529
    @james2529 9 месяцев назад +35424

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

    • @AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx
      @AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx 9 месяцев назад +515

      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 9 месяцев назад +1145

      @@AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxxwell, 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.

    • @AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx
      @AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx 9 месяцев назад +91

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

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 9 месяцев назад

      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@@AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx

    • @charlietian4023
      @charlietian4023 9 месяцев назад

      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​@@AbdullahPunctureWale-BePgCxx

  • @theresespencer2827
    @theresespencer2827 10 месяцев назад +30804

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

    • @envy7522
      @envy7522 9 месяцев назад +58

      Yeah, like a photographer

    • @Greenteabook
      @Greenteabook 9 месяцев назад +193

      ​@@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 9 месяцев назад +54

      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 9 месяцев назад +12

      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 9 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Greenteabookso like a photographer that does portrait?

  • @CCL83
    @CCL83 4 месяца назад +329

    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.

    • @dekisatria1233
      @dekisatria1233 Месяц назад +4

      Same here, thats why seeing mr karsh art make me feel tingle like "how.. Just how". Not to mention its an old photo..

  • @ezix3753
    @ezix3753 10 месяцев назад +48133

    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 9 месяцев назад +2815

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

    • @maninblack3410
      @maninblack3410 9 месяцев назад +5246

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

    • @turtleanton6539
      @turtleanton6539 9 месяцев назад +116

      Yes

    • @dannylojkovic5205
      @dannylojkovic5205 9 месяцев назад +1562

      @@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 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @Funkylittleguy27
    @Funkylittleguy27 5 месяцев назад +5701

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

    • @nasgor22
      @nasgor22 3 месяца назад +48

      damn that's deep

    • @BavonWW
      @BavonWW 3 месяца назад +15

      ​@@nasgor22 Agreed.

    • @Edoras5916
      @Edoras5916 3 месяца назад +9

      quote for the ages there

    • @sickduck1412
      @sickduck1412 2 месяца назад +8

      Im a photographer soo it's time to take note😂
      ✍️✍️✍️

    • @michaelelliott1212
      @michaelelliott1212 2 месяца назад +1

      A solitary moment in a person's life and person's life in a solitary moment.

  • @patrickwilliamson6341
    @patrickwilliamson6341 9 месяцев назад +14212

    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 8 месяцев назад +803

      Shit that’s sick bro

    • @mrwiseguy7405
      @mrwiseguy7405 8 месяцев назад +80

      🔥

    • @phoeinxdrop2300
      @phoeinxdrop2300 8 месяцев назад +328

      Dude that picture must be amazing

    • @cookiewar288
      @cookiewar288 8 месяцев назад +45

      damn

    • @chunkerdunker
      @chunkerdunker 8 месяцев назад +159

      Send it on your channel, i gotta see this

  • @Cplayz08
    @Cplayz08 3 месяца назад +55

    That picture of the cellist is amazing. As a cellist myself it's nice to finally see anyone in a video acknowledge that we exist.

    • @GR8APE69
      @GR8APE69 20 дней назад

      I bet it gets old playing second fiddle. Hehe get it? Second fiddle? Cause cellos are the second instrument of a string quartet after violins aka fiddles. 😏
      I'll see myself out 🫡

  • @johnfitzgerald7618
    @johnfitzgerald7618 10 месяцев назад +8744

    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 10 месяцев назад +6

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    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 10 месяцев назад +3

      When did he pass?

    • @popcornpizza8869
      @popcornpizza8869 10 месяцев назад +116

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

    • @aleks-33
      @aleks-33 9 месяцев назад +36

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

    • @Mayakran
      @Mayakran 9 месяцев назад +8

      For good reason! Man’s work is phenomenal.

  • @nxbulae
    @nxbulae 9 месяцев назад +4221

    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 9 месяцев назад +4

      Where can i see his work?

    • @davebob9796
      @davebob9796 9 месяцев назад

      Where

    • @nickbob2003
      @nickbob2003 9 месяцев назад +6

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

    • @satriyodaffa5691
      @satriyodaffa5691 9 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel
      @DeletedDevilDeletedAngel 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @bossyspaghetti
    @bossyspaghetti 9 месяцев назад +1390

    His understanding of depth of field in photography is unmatched.

    • @Indy_at_the_beach
      @Indy_at_the_beach 8 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @chrisbilling
    @chrisbilling 4 месяца назад +53

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

  • @10C45E
    @10C45E 9 месяцев назад +1553

    This truly shows why photography is an artform

    • @Stepantc
      @Stepantc 2 месяца назад

      Obviously it is

  • @davidbrunnerchemeng
    @davidbrunnerchemeng 10 месяцев назад +5032

    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

    • @lapsijahti
      @lapsijahti 10 месяцев назад +495

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

    • @sglenny001
      @sglenny001 10 месяцев назад +8

      That cool

    • @imbored6037
      @imbored6037 10 месяцев назад

      That's it?

    • @ArohiVasquez
      @ArohiVasquez 10 месяцев назад +28

      ⁠@@lapsijahtiexcuse me, what iirc stand for?

    • @schnozz4301
      @schnozz4301 10 месяцев назад +165

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

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 9 месяцев назад +9852

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

    • @drunksunited
      @drunksunited 9 месяцев назад +721

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

    • @ThugDollXO
      @ThugDollXO 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@drunksunited😢rjjj😊

    • @SuPeReZ23
      @SuPeReZ23 9 месяцев назад +126

      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 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @bastoncito9643
      @bastoncito9643 9 месяцев назад +51

      but you cant deny its a great photo

  • @JJustMax
    @JJustMax 4 месяца назад +17

    As an Armenian I am honored

  • @ST0IC
    @ST0IC 9 месяцев назад +3149

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

    • @barlmax4095
      @barlmax4095 9 месяцев назад +225

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

    • @Newkistate
      @Newkistate 9 месяцев назад +10

      These days photos had a meaning

    • @Souleater787
      @Souleater787 8 месяцев назад +17

      Karsh: "You blinked, gotta retake it."

    • @gab2876
      @gab2876 7 месяцев назад +30

      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.

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 5 месяцев назад +21

      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.

  • @davidluftig4644
    @davidluftig4644 10 месяцев назад +2170

    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 9 месяцев назад +16

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

    • @jonathangarciacastellanos8240
      @jonathangarciacastellanos8240 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Melanie-Shea
      @Melanie-Shea 9 месяцев назад

      @@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 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @schnitzel_enjoyer
      @schnitzel_enjoyer 28 дней назад

      Look like normal photos to me, if i didn't know these were photos of wealthy famous people, i wouldn't care.

  • @budhainme
    @budhainme 8 месяцев назад +3034

    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_ 5 месяцев назад +65

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

    • @burak3433
      @burak3433 5 месяцев назад +7

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

    • @jppatt995
      @jppatt995 5 месяцев назад +45

      ​@@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_armenian
      @yuri_armenian 5 месяцев назад +8

      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 5 месяцев назад

      @Gemutte you’re jealous 😂

  • @crush3095
    @crush3095 3 месяца назад +6

    the lighting in those portraits are fkng BEAUTIFUL

  • @maksymushka
    @maksymushka 9 месяцев назад +924

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

    • @bubaks2
      @bubaks2 6 месяцев назад +7

      Now you can take amazing portraits too!

  • @barbararowley6077
    @barbararowley6077 9 месяцев назад +635

    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 8 месяцев назад +5

      This is why photography “can” be art

  • @Aggiemayson
    @Aggiemayson 9 месяцев назад +1621

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

  • @dracotitanfall
    @dracotitanfall 10 месяцев назад +572

    Knew what "goes hard" means in the 1940s

  • @mascotwithadinosaur9353
    @mascotwithadinosaur9353 9 месяцев назад +2703

    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 9 месяцев назад +31

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

    • @side2k
      @side2k 9 месяцев назад +222

      ​@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 9 месяцев назад +170

      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 9 месяцев назад +154

      @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 9 месяцев назад +37

      ​​@@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

  • @WigglyTuffStuff
    @WigglyTuffStuff 10 месяцев назад +689

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

    • @natem1579
      @natem1579 9 месяцев назад +1

      Wait, how???

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 9 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@natem1579 the antlers are in a painting?

    • @AbstractMan23
      @AbstractMan23 9 месяцев назад

      What do you mean?

    • @MoodswingWhiskey
      @MoodswingWhiskey 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@andhearttsyou are thinking of Frida Khalo

    • @whales2983
      @whales2983 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @drjack5957
    @drjack5957 2 месяца назад +4

    Portraits of Greatness!
    Karsh was “one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century [who] achieved a distinct style in his theatrical lighting” ❤

  • @Greentrees60
    @Greentrees60 9 месяцев назад +860

    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 9 месяцев назад +18

      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 9 месяцев назад +10

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

  • @stretchh2o
    @stretchh2o 9 месяцев назад +331

    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❤

  • @napalmmark7795
    @napalmmark7795 10 месяцев назад +515

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

  • @dangallagher8034
    @dangallagher8034 Месяц назад +1

    I think it’s fantastic that you’ve highlighted the work and talent of this artist. Karsh has been an inspiration for my photography for years now.

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 8 месяцев назад +10

    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.

  • @HelpfulPip
    @HelpfulPip 9 месяцев назад +184

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

    • @snusey3642
      @snusey3642 7 месяцев назад +17

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

    • @johannj
      @johannj 6 месяцев назад +6

      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 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@johannj my last name is Yessaian lol

    • @henzoko5946
      @henzoko5946 6 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @victoriakocharian
      @victoriakocharian 6 месяцев назад +4

      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.

  • @LeonardChurch33
    @LeonardChurch33 9 месяцев назад +114

    I didn't realize portraiture could be so stunning

  • @MADD-GEXIE
    @MADD-GEXIE Месяц назад +1

    Im amazed by the sharpness of his photos

  • @Hinarushi
    @Hinarushi 9 месяцев назад +163

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

    • @rRekko
      @rRekko 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Hinarushi
      @Hinarushi 9 месяцев назад

      @@rRekko Native Americans in a nutshell 😂😅

  • @SWTORLOL87
    @SWTORLOL87 9 месяцев назад +874

    The photograph of Audrey Hepburn* is awe inspiring.

    • @WesaTwoRivers
      @WesaTwoRivers 9 месяцев назад +16

      Hepburn. Heparin is a blood thinner.😊

    • @SWTORLOL87
      @SWTORLOL87 9 месяцев назад +13

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

    • @Alpacaeater
      @Alpacaeater 9 месяцев назад +1

      I thought i was tripping at first but it is her

    • @matchboxlover9797
      @matchboxlover9797 9 месяцев назад +1

      That one was the worst

    • @Sapphosroommate
      @Sapphosroommate 9 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @LogicalBomb
    @LogicalBomb 10 месяцев назад +542

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

  • @robjohnston1433
    @robjohnston1433 3 месяца назад +1

    Karsh is SO much better at revealing the greatness inside people than modern "snappers".
    His photographs are truly unique -- in the true meaning of that word!

  • @celeste8360
    @celeste8360 10 месяцев назад +69

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

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 9 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly.

    • @DuBstep115
      @DuBstep115 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @Nuilescent
    @Nuilescent 9 месяцев назад +70

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

  • @Isoquant
    @Isoquant Месяц назад +1

    A true master. Just as great at his craft as any of his subjects.

  • @lushawang3445
    @lushawang3445 10 месяцев назад +228

    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 9 месяцев назад +24

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

    • @clarawoodman9331
      @clarawoodman9331 9 месяцев назад +15

      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 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@MikhailMyersSame lol

    • @Elite_Teach
      @Elite_Teach 9 месяцев назад +4

      I wonder if his last name is actually Քաշիշյան

    • @commoner__
      @commoner__ 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @tarragoncake1556
    @tarragoncake1556 9 месяцев назад +33

    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 9 месяцев назад +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

  • @beridus
    @beridus 9 месяцев назад +229

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

    • @greensprite4979
      @greensprite4979 9 месяцев назад +3

      as an ophthalmologist, I do not encourage this hobby.

  • @Artoriandaraisin
    @Artoriandaraisin 3 месяца назад

    This is the only art I have genuinely been in awe of. Pablo managed to distill the essence of a person into a flawless photo, capturing them beyond any description. The true meaning of a picture equaling a thousand words.

  • @MrOptimistic-z1z
    @MrOptimistic-z1z 5 месяцев назад +17

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

  • @uspelleditwrong
    @uspelleditwrong 5 месяцев назад +374

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

    • @GiantBoah
      @GiantBoah 3 месяца назад +61

      Yeah, you can even feel the people he executed through his eyes

    • @Gunglugug
      @Gunglugug 3 месяца назад +43

      He spent 6 hours with him smoking cigars, he was trying to kill him with lung cancer

    • @dinuxplay8003
      @dinuxplay8003 3 месяца назад +3

      @@GiantBoah lmao

    • @ProductBasement
      @ProductBasement 3 месяца назад +21

      The hunger in those eyes is insatiable. Perfectly on-brand for a Communist

    • @uspelleditwrong
      @uspelleditwrong 3 месяца назад +33

      @@ProductBasement as if capitalism doesn’t produce an insatiable hunger as well 😅

  • @tkim2320
    @tkim2320 9 месяцев назад +267

    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.

  • @wargen8121
    @wargen8121 2 месяца назад +8

    If I was photographed by this legend, you would just see me tired with the world

  • @ArdentiSidera
    @ArdentiSidera 3 месяца назад +4

    The portrait of cellist Pablo Casals with his back in front of the view of camera is very impactful to me. Also, these are the kinds of portraits that I was painstakingly try to find in google search whenever I make PPT. Sometimes, it takes so much time for me to search this particular type of photo!

  • @krimsonk-9478
    @krimsonk-9478 9 месяцев назад +50

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

  • @kazura9561
    @kazura9561 9 месяцев назад +32

    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 4 месяца назад +1

      The same😊🇦🇲💜

    • @SoWhy-hk8rg
      @SoWhy-hk8rg 4 месяца назад +1

      Sword survivor ( I realized how rude I was. I apologize sorry for being this rude )

  • @Zuhaibashraf
    @Zuhaibashraf 8 месяцев назад +7

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

  • @cheeesusss
    @cheeesusss 4 месяца назад +24

    As an armenian, I'm proud of our talented people 🇦🇲💜

    • @vefamuradova5725
      @vefamuradova5725 2 месяца назад +2

      44 days hahahaha

    • @zarehtheboss703
      @zarehtheboss703 Месяц назад

      ​@@vefamuradova5725 is the person with no history talking🤣

  • @Andrewcomedy
    @Andrewcomedy 9 месяцев назад +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!

  • @mattnichols6810
    @mattnichols6810 10 месяцев назад +235

    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 9 месяцев назад +12

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

    • @saccorhytus
      @saccorhytus 9 месяцев назад +6

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

    • @albinofroggy
      @albinofroggy 9 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +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

  • @zetalure509
    @zetalure509 9 месяцев назад +81

    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 9 месяцев назад +5

      🇦🇲 ❤

    • @futavadumnezo
      @futavadumnezo 9 месяцев назад

      Armenians founded the small town I live in Romania.

    • @thatshottaye
      @thatshottaye 9 месяцев назад +1

      Menk darper bdough enk... 🙏🇦🇲✊

    • @nourahmed-sh2ox
      @nourahmed-sh2ox 9 месяцев назад

      Are Armenians related to Arabs?

    • @Vishap-x8h
      @Vishap-x8h 2 месяца назад

      ​@@nourahmed-sh2oxnot realy bro, but we love Arabs. They are our cousins

  • @SimonsAstronomy
    @SimonsAstronomy 3 месяца назад +3

    The black and white really makes it great

  • @MarshallMiziani
    @MarshallMiziani 9 месяцев назад +5

    His photos are truly pieces of art ❤

  • @Mayakran
    @Mayakran 9 месяцев назад +392

    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 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @TheLily97232
      @TheLily97232 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @Mayakran
      @Mayakran 9 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад

      Basil Halward 💀

    • @thedog5k
      @thedog5k 9 месяцев назад

      @@Mayakranthis could be said for practically anything photographed

  • @timberwolf8182
    @timberwolf8182 9 месяцев назад +28

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

  • @vinissak-aree2473
    @vinissak-aree2473 11 дней назад

    To be able to capture the essense of a person in a single shot is just chilling in the best way. Stunning work.

  • @theshadowking3198
    @theshadowking3198 7 месяцев назад +10

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

  • @lorohasquarepants7386
    @lorohasquarepants7386 10 месяцев назад +169

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

  • @anahitaghoyan3552
    @anahitaghoyan3552 9 месяцев назад +13

    Yet another GREAT Armenian🇦🇲❤

  • @Yaksha_Indra
    @Yaksha_Indra 2 месяца назад

    With limited technology, but he understand it deeply... Such master in his craft

  • @epsiIonyx
    @epsiIonyx 9 месяцев назад +132

    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 9 месяцев назад +3

      You need to feel less I guess

    • @epsiIonyx
      @epsiIonyx 9 месяцев назад +17

      @@BigOneDsorry you feel that way lil guy

    • @lotus_emanon
      @lotus_emanon 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@BigOneDkys turks

    • @jesustyronechrist2330
      @jesustyronechrist2330 9 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +5

      ⁠@@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.

  • @nancyf7919
    @nancyf7919 9 месяцев назад +64

    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.

  • @Recat6217
    @Recat6217 9 месяцев назад +7

    A photo that explains a person without words

  • @DirtyChoppa666
    @DirtyChoppa666 Месяц назад

    We need oldschool photographers back, you can literally feel the person through the picture

  • @melt.3568
    @melt.3568 9 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @boRegah
    @boRegah 10 месяцев назад +27

    Epic, I never thought this way about portrait photography

  • @BKing007
    @BKing007 9 месяцев назад +4

    Respect, really capturing the person as a whole instead of a portrait like everyone else 🙏🏼

  • @randilevson9547
    @randilevson9547 Месяц назад

    Mr. Karsh lived and worked in Canada for many years. We got to see many examples of his amazing photographic portraits. A real privilege.

  • @TheDoorspook11c
    @TheDoorspook11c 9 месяцев назад +16

    Never knew his name, just the pictures. Wow 👌

  • @tigerlord1985
    @tigerlord1985 2 месяца назад +4

    He is an artistic genius.

  • @BunkerSquirrel
    @BunkerSquirrel 9 месяцев назад +10

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

  • @carapo66
    @carapo66 18 дней назад

    Yusuf Karsh. I've had my nose inside magazines since I was a toddler. I had no idea that all these famous photos were by the same person. Thanks for this.

  • @crispybac3n
    @crispybac3n 2 месяца назад +4

    I love to see appreciation and awareness for the Armenian people. Thank you for this video, and thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments

  • @devamjani8041
    @devamjani8041 4 месяца назад +27

    As an Indian, I really admire Armenians. Amazing people and amazing culture. Hope to visit the nation some day.

    • @pangpengmaster
      @pangpengmaster 3 месяца назад

      He passed away 2022.

    • @Chechenia_Noaxchi
      @Chechenia_Noaxchi 2 месяца назад +1

      Armenians are indian tribe, mixed with turks and azerbaijand and what ever

    • @Vishap-x8h
      @Vishap-x8h 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Chechenia_Noaxchi good job mongol, now go to the altai, your sister waiting you

    • @Chechenia_Noaxchi
      @Chechenia_Noaxchi 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Vishap-x8h proud mongolian, atleast my sister isnt trans and alkash like yours

  • @TheRealEstateLawyer
    @TheRealEstateLawyer 10 месяцев назад +43

    Love this one Christopher

    • @oliverspiler9101
      @oliverspiler9101 3 месяца назад +2

      @@TheRealEstateLawyer everyone sleeping on this 🤣

    • @_Sur22_
      @_Sur22_ 3 месяца назад +2

      @@oliverspiler9101 yeah exactly ahaha

    • @xmisoryeio
      @xmisoryeio 3 месяца назад

      @@_Sur22_ fr

    • @KenrichLois
      @KenrichLois 3 месяца назад +2

      Same

    • @Paul-kc4uy
      @Paul-kc4uy 3 месяца назад

      @@oliverspiler9101 fr

  • @peterwillems2422
    @peterwillems2422 4 дня назад

    IMO, Karsh and Adams are the two best photographers ever and a lot of the emotion evoked in the pictures comes from understanding light and shadow in Black & White photography.

  • @DXDragon38
    @DXDragon38 9 месяцев назад +25

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

    • @johnedelmann6711
      @johnedelmann6711 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @JohnStarkey-u6z
    @JohnStarkey-u6z 7 месяцев назад +6

    Karsh was a citizen of Canada throughout his career, having immigrated there at the age of 16 where he learned his trade apprenticed to an uncle already living in Canada.

  • @anastasiaschultz5719
    @anastasiaschultz5719 9 месяцев назад +19

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

  • @crazyhobo555
    @crazyhobo555 2 месяца назад

    What a quote. "To truely understand someone takes respect and time"

  • @sandralangstafff
    @sandralangstafff Месяц назад +3

    Although born in Armenia, Mr Karsh spent his life as a Canadian. I visited his exhibit in Ottawa in 1992 before it closed. His life and work have made Canada very proud.

  • @-Mitra-
    @-Mitra- 7 месяцев назад +4

    Much love to Armenians 🇦🇲 Guys and gals, you were and are true legends for millennias! Keep strong!

  • @ClodsireBcuzYes
    @ClodsireBcuzYes 8 месяцев назад +8

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

    • @sundaynightdinnerswithdebo945
      @sundaynightdinnerswithdebo945 8 месяцев назад +2

      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 4 месяца назад

      Bruh he died in 2002, he saw coloured photographs

  • @KYRONROCKS101
    @KYRONROCKS101 Месяц назад +1

    After seeing these pictures, I would agree he’s the greatest.

  • @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue
    @TigranHakobyan-jh8ue 8 месяцев назад +56

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

  • @BillyOnYouTube
    @BillyOnYouTube 2 месяца назад +31

    That photograph of Winston Churchill is probably the hardest photo ever taken in human history.

  • @helveticalouie
    @helveticalouie 5 месяцев назад +4

    Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh ❤

  • @adestimare5985
    @adestimare5985 Месяц назад

    These pictures are actually REALLY impressive, wow

  • @mackerel1875
    @mackerel1875 4 месяца назад +3

    Difference is a staged photograph, versus a photograph which shows a snapshot of the subject, in action, doing their thing. There's a place for both.
    Imagine if all the photos were staged. Wonderful photos, but its the quick snapshots that I really enjoy. Action shots in war, sports, motor racing, rock bands...
    These staged photgraphs might bring out the "greatness" of the subject, but I want to see that person doing the thing that makes them "great" too.

  • @Peculiar3000
    @Peculiar3000 9 месяцев назад +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 9 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @Thryllos
      @Thryllos 9 месяцев назад

      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 9 месяцев назад

      @@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 9 месяцев назад

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

    • @dragomirandrei2758
      @dragomirandrei2758 9 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @AngryKittens
    @AngryKittens 14 дней назад

    The simple fact that I recognize almost every single photograph by him shown here is proof enough of his greatness.

  • @HamiranAcin
    @HamiranAcin 10 месяцев назад +47

    The first picture of Churchill💀💀💀