Yousuf Karsh
This is the work of Yousuf Karsh an American photographer, who used film to shoot all of his photographs. During Karsh photography career he was known worldwide, as he photographed dominate figures in politics, music, and media including Winston Chruchill, Grace Kelly, Mother Teressa and Muhammad Ali. Yousuf Karsh is one of the most successful portrait photographers of all time. He was well known and in high demand as a photographer but also a speaker, and his exhibitions of his work were shown all over the world.
I really like his work, and the photograph above is one of Yousuf Karsh’s most famous portraits. The photograph taken in 1941 was for American magazine ‘Life’. It shows the British prime minister of the time Winston Churchill two years into World War Two and said to be one of the most widely reproduced portraits in history. This photograph symbolized Britain as courageous and dominating to the rest of the world during the wartime, and highlights how a photograph can suggest a lot, and have an impact on so many.
The photograph has been done with film and is monochrome, I think it gives the photograph quite a raw effect, and makes it look quite natural. I think the lighting in this photograph has been done well, and really catches the subject in a great way. This photograph depicts Britain as a powerful country during wartime, and showing that they are not fearful against their enemies. I think may have been the aim of Yousuf Karsh and ‘Life’ magazine. Winston Churchill dominates the photograph taking up a lot of the space. Churchill poses quite powerfully and this illustrates him as an important figure.
I really like his work, and the photograph above is one of Yousuf Karsh’s most famous portraits. The photograph taken in 1941 was for American magazine ‘Life’. It shows the British prime minister of the time Winston Churchill two years into World War Two and said to be one of the most widely reproduced portraits in history. This photograph symbolized Britain as courageous and dominating to the rest of the world during the wartime, and highlights how a photograph can suggest a lot, and have an impact on so many.
The photograph has been done with film and is monochrome, I think it gives the photograph quite a raw effect, and makes it look quite natural. I think the lighting in this photograph has been done well, and really catches the subject in a great way. This photograph depicts Britain as a powerful country during wartime, and showing that they are not fearful against their enemies. I think may have been the aim of Yousuf Karsh and ‘Life’ magazine. Winston Churchill dominates the photograph taking up a lot of the space. Churchill poses quite powerfully and this illustrates him as an important figure.
Your in-depth analysis here are great and very detailed - it's good that you have independently researched artists you find inspiring, however that also means it is important that you include some discussion about how these relate to graphics, and in particular the brief that you are working from - please add some discussion of this to each of your analysis
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