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Published on March 17, 2009
YOUSUF KARSH’S PORTRAITS ARE EXHIBITED IN SEOUL
- Seventy of Karsh's portraits from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston are currently part of the "Karsh 100" exhibition at the Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Korea Times reports. The exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of Karsh's birth, who died in 2002 at the age of 93, Korea Times reports. "Karsh 100" runs through May 8. The Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, a master of portrait photography, is widely known for his iconic portraits of some of the most famous men and women of the 20th century, such as Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Ernest Hemingway, Jacqueline Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn. Throughout his career, Karsh took portraits of 15,312 of the most notable people around the world. Karsh had once written about his "fascination for the inner power of his subjects." His goal was "to photograph the great in spirit, whether they be famous or humble." The Karsh exhibition in Seoul is divided into three sections, "Portraits," featuring his famous works of people; "On Assignment," showing images of post-war Canada; and "The Early Years," featuring early experimental images. Aside from the famous portraits of Churchill, Hepburn, Kennedy, Einstein and Hemingway, there are also revealing portraits of Pablo Picasso, Dwight Eisenhower, Humphrey Bogart, Jacques Costeau, Helen Keller and Fidel Castro. Korean photographer Lim Young-kyun had a chance to meet Karsh in New York in 1982. His portrait of Karsh is included in the exhibition.
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Today in Armenian history- 1863 The Sultan confirms the shortened version of the National Constitution of Western Armenians.
- 1863 Turkish government approves the 1860 05 24 "National Constitution" with severe restrictions and censorship.
- 1865 Birth of Manuk Abeghyan (linguist) in Astapat, Nakhichevan (Armenia). He died in 1944.
- 1872 Birth of Nathan Amirkhanian (Knyazev), composer, conductor, organist and teacher. He was a Director of the Odessa Opera and also organized Armenian Choirs in Baku.
- 1898 Russia's committee of Ministries decides to give Armenian school properties to the state authorities.
- 1922 Birth in Alexandropol (Gyoomree) of Sergey Hambardzoomian, mechanics scholar and academician. He was Vice-President of the Armenian Academy of Science, and Rector of Yerevan State University.
- 1962 Khojivank's Cemetery of Tbilisi, which had long since become a park by this time, was now to be called the Armenian Pantheon of Culture. Thirty four remains (Toomanian, Aghayan, Mooratsan, Jivany, Akhverdian, Oganezashvily and others) lie here. The first to be interred was the Great Komitas, who had died in a Paris asylum - after losing his mind on receivng the news of the 1915 Genocide.
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