A Selective Bibliography
Compiled by Dale Blake
August 2002
The internationally renowned Canadian portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) created an enduring legacy through his art. For over 60 years, he documented history by recording the influential people of his time, leaving us with striking and memorable portraits of such celebrated people as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, and Helen Keller. But what of the man himself -- the man behind the camera?
This bibliography of materials available at the National Library of Canada was prepared to accompany the exhibition Karsh Masterworks -- A Tribute, produced by the National Archives of Canada and the Portrait Gallery of Canada. The selections included give some indication of the importance of Yousuf Karsh’s photographs not only for Canadian society, but also for an international audience. Anecdotes about Karsh and his subjects, autobiographical writings, Canadian cities that Karsh photographed, the “legends” that grew around his oeuvre -- all are included within the scope of this bibliography. We sincerely hope that it serves as a fitting and informative complement to the exhibition.
Please note that the bibliographic descriptions are based on the National Library of Canada’s bibliographic style.
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Books and articles by Yousuf Karsh
Karsh, Yousuf. -- "The camera’s eye : Albert Schweitzer, Jacob Epstein, Pablo Casals, Martha Graham, Ernest Hemingway." -- The Atlantic monthly. -- Vol. 200, no. 6 (December 1957). --
P. 93-103
-- -- . -- Faces of destiny. -- New York : Ziff-Davis Publishing ; London : George G. Harrap, [1946]. -- 159 p.
-- -- . -- Faces of our time. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1971. -- 202 p.
-- -- . -- "How I photographed the Pope." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 62, no. 25
(15 December 1949). -- P. 16-17, 45-46
-- -- . -- "How I photographed the royal couple." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 64, no. 19
(1 October 1951). -- P. 10-11, 73-74
-- -- . -- In search of greatness : reflections of Yousuf Karsh. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1962. -- 210 p. -- Also published in Japanese under the title: Sugao no ijin tachi. -- Also available as a sound recording in English
-- -- . -- Karsh, a fifty-year retrospective. -- 1st ed. -- [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, c1983. -- 191 p. -- Also published in French under the title: Karsh : cinquante ans de photographie
-- -- . -- Karsh, a sixty-year retrospective. -- Rev. ed. -- Boston : Little, Brown, 1996. -- 191 p.
-- -- . -- "Karsh : American Legends." -- Quill and quire. -- Vol. 59, no. 1 (Jan. 1993). -- P. 19
-- -- . -- Karsh : American legends : photographs and commentary. -- 1st ed. -- Boston ; Toronto : Little, Brown, c1992. -- 156 p.
-- -- . -- Karsh Canadians. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1978. -- 203 p.
-- -- . -- Karsh : cinquante ans de photographie. -- Montreal : France-Amerique, c1983. -- 191 p.
-- -- . -- Karsh portfolio. -- [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, [c1967]. -- 202 p.
-- -- . -- Karsh portraits. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c1976. -- 202 p.
-- -- . -- Men who made your world : portraits. -- [S.l. : s.n., 1971] -- [28] p.
-- -- . -- Men who make our world : an exhibition of photographs at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, January 26 to March 3, 1968 : [catalogue]. -- Photos and commentary by Yousuf Karsh. -- [Pref. by David G. Carter]. -- [Montreal]: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, [1968?] --
[16] p. -- Also published in French under the title: Visages contemporains : une exposition de photographies au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 26 janvier au 3 mars 1968 : [catalogue]
-- -- . -- "Photographic essay : leaders of Britain." -- Life. -- Vol 16, no. 6 (7 February 1944). --
P. 87-95
-- -- . -- Portraits of greatness. -- Toronto, University of Toronto Press, c1959. -- 207 p.
-- -- . -- Sugao no ijin tachi. -- Y. Karsh ; Watanabe Hiroshi yaku -- Tokyo : Fuji Shuppan Sha, 1969. -- 312 p. -- Also published in English under the title: In search of greatness : reflections of Yousuf Karsh
-- -- . -- "They’re all human, as told to Thelma LeCocq." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 57,
no. 3 (1 February 1944). -- P. 5, 6, 36, 38, 39
-- -- . -- "When music greats become temperamental, the camera artist meets the extra challenge." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 63, no. 9
(1 November 1947). -- P. 2-3
Collaborative Works
"A Chatelaine Christmas album : Canadians at worship by one of the world’s great photographers, Yousuf Karsh." -- Chatelaine. -- Vol. 33, no. 12 (December 1960). -- P. 31-37.
"Beautiful, hammy Victoria sits for a Karsh portrait." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 22
(15 November 1953). -- P. 12-19
"Bright new face of old St. John’s." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 67, no. 2 (15 January 1954). --
P. 10-17.
Daniel-Rops, Henri. -- Missa est. -- Commentaires et prières de Daniel-Rops ; images photographiques de S.E. le cardinal Léger prises par Yousuf Karsh. -- Montreal : Librairie A. Fayard (Canada), [1960?], c1951. -- approx. 130 p.
-- -- . -- This is the Mass. -- Described by Henri Daniel-Rops ; as celebrated by Fulton J. Sheen ; photographed by Yousuf Karsh ; translated, with annotations, by Alastair Guinan. -- New and rev. ed. -- New York : Hawthorn Books, 1965. -- 191 p.
Expo 67 (Montreal, Quebec). Canadian Government Pavilion. -- Canadian prints and drawings, with a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh. -- Ottawa : Queen’s Printer, 1967. -- 1 v. (unpaged) -- Also published in French under the title: Le dessin et la gravure au Canada : ainsi qu’une exposition de photographies de Yousuf Karsh
Frank, John Paul. -- The Warren Court. -- Photos. by Yousuf Karsh. -- New York, Macmillan [1964]. -- xxi, 200 p.
-- -- . -- Yousuf Karsh : heroes of light and shadow. -- Edited by Dieter Vorsteher and Janet Yates. -- Toronto : Stoddart, 2001. -- 238 p. -- Also published in German under the title: Yousuf Karsh : Helden aus Licht und Schatten
"Hamilton, the busiest city in Canada." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 67, no. 3
(1 February 1954). -- P. 12-19
"Karsh photographs Canada’s melting pot : Winnipeg." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 1 (1 January 1953). -- P. 8-13
"Karsh photographs Cardinal Léger celebrating the Mass." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 73
(27 February 1960). -- P. 19-23
"Karsh photographs his home town (Ottawa)." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 7
(1 April 1953). -- P. 12-17
"Karsh photographs our most photographed city (Quebec City)." -- Maclean’s magazine. --
Vol. 66, no. 23 (1 December 1953). -- P. 14-21
"Karsh photographs the face of Canada : Vancouver." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 65,
no. 22 (15 November 1952). -- P. 13-19
"Karsh’s Charlottetown." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 65, no. 23 (1 December 1952). --
P. 10-15
"Karsh’s Edmonton : the threshold of the frontier." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 65,
no. 24 (15 December 1952). -- P. 8-13
"Karsh’s Halifax, warden of the Atlantic." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 4
(15 February 1953). -- P. 10-15
"Karsh’s Montreal, a city with a heart." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 5
(1 March 1953). -- P. 16-21
"Karsh’s Saint John, youth and age in a timeless seaport." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 2 (15 January 1953). -- P. 10-15
"Lakehead, core of Canada." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 67, no. 4 (15 February 1954). -- P. 14-21
Karsh, Yousuf; Fisher, John. -- Canada : as seen by the camera of Yousuf Karsh and described in words by John Fisher. -- Toronto : Allen, 1960. -- 165 p.
Morton, H. V. (Henry Vollam). -- This is the Holy Land : a pilgrimage in words and pictures. -- Conducted by Fulton J. Sheen, photographed by Yousuf Karsh [and] described by H.V. Morton ; with a foreword by Bishop Sheen. -- Kingswood : The World’s Work, [c1960, 1961] -- 143 p.
"Polish art treasures." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 24 (15 December 1953). -- P. 14-19
"Premier King in color." -- MacLean’s magazine. -- Vol. 60, no. 19 (1 October 1947). -- P. 24, 73
Private realms of light : amateur photography in Canada, 1839-1940. -- Edited by Lilly Koltun, written by members of the National Photography Collection, Public Archives Canada, Andrew J. Birrell… [et al.]. -- Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c. 1984. -- xv, 335 p. -- Also published in French under the title: Le coeur au métier : la photographie amateur au Canada de 1839 à 1940
"Regina, the city that sprang from the plains." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 2
(1 February 1953). -- P. 12-17
Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John). -- These are the sacraments. -- As described by Fulton J. Sheen, as photographed by Yousuf Karsh. -- New York : Hawthorn Books, [1962]. -- 159 p. -- Also available in a deluxe edition
-- -- . -- This is Rome : a pilgrimage in words and pictures. -- Photographed by Yousuf Karsh. Described by H. V. Morton. -- New York : Hawthorn [1960] -- 142 p. -- Also available in a British edition
"This is the legend a stampede built." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 67, no. 1 (1 January 1954). --
P. 14-21
"What Karsh saw in Toronto." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 66, no. 6 (15 March 1953). -- P. 10-17
Young, Ewart. -- This is Newfoundland. -- Toronto : Ryerson, 1949. -- 104 p.
About Yousuf Karsh
Baele, Nancy. -- "‘Karsh of Ottawa’ evoked hometown pride." -- Ottawa citizen. --
(14 July 2002). -- P. A4
Bergman, Brian. -- "Dithering over Karsh." -- Alberta report. -- Vol. 9, no. 26 (14 June 1982). -- P. 58
"Biographical note." -- Canadian art. -- Vol. 18, no. 6 (November-December 1961). -- P. 414
Borcoman, James… [et al.] -- Karsh : the art of the portrait. -- Essays by James Borcoman... [et al.] -- Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 1989. --
176 p. -- Also published in French under the title: Karsh : l’art du portrait
Cook, Maria, Mohammed Adam, and Dave Rogers. -- "We have lost a great Canadian." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A5
Cox, Corolyn. -- Canadian strength. -- Toronto : Ryerson Press, c1946. -- 192 p.
Dault, Gary Michael. -- "In search of greatness." -- Globe and mail. -- (15 July 2002). -- P. R1, R5
de Roussan, J. -- « Exposition Yousuf Karsh, Musée des beaux-arts. » -- Vie des arts. -- Vol. 50
(Printemps 1968). -- P. 58
Deschin, Jacob. -- "100-print Karsh show has new portraits." -- New York times. -- (23 April 1967). -- P. D33
Dewar, Gordon. -- "Hail superb new Karsh book : first printing a sellout." -- Ottawa journal --
(27 November 1959). -- P. 25
Dolphin, Ric. -- "‘Karsh of Ottawa’ : a master’s portraits of greatness." -- Maclean’s. -- Vol. 102,
no. 17 (24 April 1989). -- P. 50
Duchesne, André. - « Mort du grand portraitiste Yousuf Karsh. » -- La presse. -- (14 juillet 2002). -- P. A1-A2
Edgar, Patti. -- "Karsh and Ottawa were always inseparable." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A4
Enman, Charles. -- "The last of his breed." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A2
-- -- . -- "Yousuf Karsh." -- Ottawa citizen. --
(14 July 2002). -- P. B1-B10
Enright, Robert. -- Peregrinations : conversations with contemporary artists. -- Winnipeg : Bain and Cox, 1997. -- 350 p.
Fetherling, D. -- "Mythology of Yousuf Karsh." -- Canadian. -- (30 October 1976). -- P. 12-15
Fetherling, Doug. -- The blue notebook : reports on Canadian culture. -- Oakville, Ont. : Mosaic Press, c1985. -- 161 p.
"50 who chose Canada : immigrants and Canadians who left and returned have made a major contribution to the nation’s growth." -- Maclean’s. -- Vol. 114, no. 27 (1 July 2001). -- P. 22-48
Fisher, Doug. -- "The lens of immortality." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A3
Forsee, Aylesa. -- Famous photographers; excellence in professional photography as seen through the lives and work of five masters : Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams, Cecil Beaton, Yousuf Karsh [and] David D. Duncan. -- Philadelphia : Macrae Smith, [1968]. -- 223 p.
Fulford, R. -- "Ego behind the camera." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 98, no. 10 (October 1983). -- P. 5-6
Goeb, Andrea. -- "Nearly anything but photographs by Mrs. Karsh." -- Montreal gazette. -- (17 January 1968). -- P. 18
Gray, C. -- "Portrait of Karsh." -- Weekend magazine. -- Vol. 28, no. 42 (21 October 1978). -- P. 4-6
"Great Canadian." -- Canadian home journal. -- Vol. 37, no. 9 (January 1941). -- P. 9, 29
"Great faces in color : photographs." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 67, no. 23 (1 December 1954). --
P. 14-19
Harris, D. Robin. -- 1952-53 Karsh, 1954-62 Wilding, 1962-66 cameo definitives. -- Saskatoon : Adminware Corp., 1998. -- 210 p.
"Have women forgotten how to be beautiful?" -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 71, no. 16
(2 August 1958). -- P. 15-21
Hutchison, Bruce. -- A life in the country. -- Vancouver : Douglas and McIntyre, 1988. -- 133 p.
Karsh -- Translated into Japanese by Makiko Yamada. -- [Nagoya] Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2000. -- 135 p.
"Karsh by Karsh." -- Weekend magazine. -- Vol. 12, no. 44 (November 3, 1962). -- P. 14, 16
"Karsh exhibition." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 53,
no. 48 (1 October 1938). -- P. 11
"Karsh : men who make our world." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (10 February 1968). -- P. 19
« Karsh par lui-meme : extrait de In search of greatness. » -- Le magazine Maclean. -- Vol. 2,
no. 11 (novembre 1962). -- P. 34, 36-37, 40, 42, 44, 48
"Karsh series features Washington personalities." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 60, no. 24
(17 February 1945). -- P. 5
"Karsh, Yousuf." -- Canadian who’s who 2002. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002. --
P. 685-686
"Karsh, Yousuf." -- Contemporary photographers. -- Eds. George Walsh; Colin Naylor; Michael Held. -- New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1982. -- P. 392-394
"Karsh, Yousuf." -- International who’s who 2002. -- London : Europa Publications, 2001. -- P. 790-791
"Karsh, Yousuf." -- Who’s who 2002. -- London :
A. and C. Black, 2002. -- P. 1161
Karsh, Yousuf. -- Yousuf Karsh : Helden aus Licht und Schatten : Buch zur Ausstellung des deutschen historischen Museums vom 6. Dezember 2000 bis zum 27. Februar 2001. -- Herausgegeben von Dieter Vorsteher und Janet Yates. -- Berlin : G+H, 2000. -- 238 p. -- Also published in English under the title: Yousuf Karsh : heroes of light and shadow
"Karsh’s Centennial portrait (of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip)." -- Maclean’s magazine. --
Vol. 80, no. 3 (March 1967). -- P. 32-33
Laurier, M. -- « Présentation du photographe Yousuf Karsh qui se spécialise dans les portraits d’hommes célèbres. » -- Antennes. -- No 3,
3e trim. (1976). -- P. 36-43
Macbeth, M. -- "Yousuf Karsh." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 53, no. 47 (24 September 1938). -- P. 11
MacLennan, Hugh. -- "Face of power." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 60, no. 9
(1 May 1947). -- P. 18, 35-36, 38, 40
"Making power pause." -- Life. -- Vol. 13, no. 9 (July 1990). -- P. 100-101
McGarvey, Pete. -- Genocide! [sound recording]. -- [Canada] : Custom Record People, [1978?] --
1 sound disc
McGeachy, J. B. -- "Even the ink had to satisfy Karsh." -- Financial post. -- Vol. 53, no. 47
(21 November 1959). -- P. 7
Miller, Peter. -- "Stalking celebrities with Karsh : part one." -- Mayfair. -- Vol. 28, no. 12
(December 1954). -- P. 32-35, 48-50, 59, 70, 72
-- -- . -- "Behind the scenes with Karsh : part two." -- Mayfair. -- Vol. 29, no. 1
(January 1955). -- P. 38, 58, 60, 66-69
Moon, B. -- "Karsh visits Hollywood." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 69, no. 19
(15 September 1956). -- P. 14-19, 81-84
"The movie villains and children touch a camera artist’s heart." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 62, no. 23
(8 February 1947). -- P. 2-3
"Notable pictures of notable people." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 59, no. 42 (24 June 1944). -- P. 4
"Outstanding personalities in wartime Britain; portrait studies." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 59,
no. 20 (22 January 1944). -- P. 5
Photography in the fine arts : museum directors’ selections for the 1965, New York World’s Fair Exhibition. -- New York : Photography in the Fine Arts, [c1965]. -- 41 p.
"Portrait." -- Canadian Saturday night. -- Vol. 78,
no. 11 (December 1963). -- P. 30
"Portrait." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 53, no. 47
(24 September 1938). -- P. 3
"Portrait." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 60, no. 13
(2 December 1944). -- P. 9
"Portrait of our time : an interview with Yousuf Karsh." -- Border crossings. -- Vol. 9, no. 1
(Winter 1990). -- P. 18-20
"Private life of Yousuf Karsh; excerpt from In search of greatness." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 75,
no. 20 (6 October 1962). -- P. 23-25, 54-59, 61
Rombout, Melissa. -- "Approaching the legends of Yousuf Karsh." -- Queen’s quarterly. -- Vol. 105, no. 4 (Winter 1998). -- P. 586-599
-- -- . -- "(Yousuf) Karsh in London : photographs from the National Archives of Canada." = « (Yousof) Karsh à Londres : photographies des Archives nationales du Canada. » -- The Archivist = L’Archiviste. -- Vol. 116 (1998). -- P. 14-19
Ross, Cecily. -- "Unknown Karsh : some of Yousuf Karsh’s most striking work was centred on friends and colleagues and the heroism of the working man." -- Globe and mail. -- (3 February 2001). -- P. R8-R9
Russell, P. -- "Lights for the human show." -- Maclean’s. -- Vol. 96, no. 43 (24 October 1983). -- P. 56-57
"Secret loves of Yousuf Karsh." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 64, no. 13 (1 July 1951). --
P. 9-13
Sevitt, David. -- "Photographers remember a ‘mentor.’" -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). --
P. A5
Smith, Stephen. -- "(Yousuf) Karsh : in the picture." -- Financial post. -- Vol. 86, no. 50
(19 December 1992). -- P. S6
« 75 portraits de Yousuf Karsh à la Galerie le 22. » -- Le droit. -- (19 Sept. 1960). -- P. 6
Stockdale, John. -- "Karsh writes gallery history." -- Ottawa journal. -- (23 September 1960). -- P. 1
Tam, Pauline. -- "At home at the Château." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A4
Teitel, Jay. -- "Icons : it’s all there in black-and-white." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 113, no. 1 (February 1998). -- P. 13-14
-- -- . -- "Yousuf Karsh : how the master of dramatic portraits of the famous, and stylish, got his start working for Saturday Night." -- Saturday night. -- Vol. 116, no. 34 (15 September 2001). -- P. 46-47
Thorne, Stephen. -- "Dead at 93 : world’s elite posed for Karsh." -- Montreal gazette. --
(14 July 2002). -- P. A1, A6
van Rijn, Nicolaas. -- "Karsh dies at 93." --
The Toronto Sunday star. -- (14 July 2002). -- P. A1, A15
Waller, A. -- « Récit des procèdes qu’employait Yousuf Karsh pour connaître son sujet avant de le photographier. » -- Sélection du Reader’s Digest. -- Vol. 59, no 349 (juillet 1976). -- P. 53-60
Weiselberger, Carl. -- "Rembrandt of Canada tells his story." -- Ottawa citizen. -- (20 October 1962). -- P. 26
Weiss, Margaret. -- "Karsh’s one-man show at Expo 67 : Centennial Salute." -- Saturday review. --
Vol. 50, no. 17 (29 April 1967). -- P. 54-57
Wuorio, E. L. -- "How Karsh photographed Europe’s great." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 62, no. 22 (15 November 1949). -- P. 8-9, 46-49
"Yousuf Karsh : in search of greatness." -- Maclean’s magazine. -- Vol. 75, no. 21 (20 October 1962). -- P. 28-29, 61-67
"Yousuf Karsh : portraits of power through the eyes of a master." -- Maclean’s. -- Vol. 102, no. 52
(25 December 1989). -- P. 16-17
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