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Record information – Brief Portrait of Karsh
Series title:TelescopeHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):103455Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTOAccession:1986-0810Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1967-03-23Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:producer, Fletcher Markle; director, Terence Macartney-FilgateDescription:Profile of internationally-famous photographer Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa. Karsh is shown at work during a professional portrait sitting with author-economist John Kenneth Galbraith; with comments and running narration by Karsh at his home and studio. Karsh discusses: his early years; his start in photography; the photographic sitting and the use of artificial lighting; Ottawa and his home, garden, friends, dog, and music; famous people he has photographed, including Jean-Paul Riopelle, Alexander Calder, Adlai Stevenson, Winston Churchill, Dag Hammarskjold, Pablo Casals, Albert Camus, Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Pope John XXIII. Karsh also discusses politics and youth with Galbraith. Galbraith comments on Churchill as a political figure and compares him to Lenin, Gandhi, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. <30mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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