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Yousuf Karsh — Le Corbusier
Yousuf Karsh

Le Corbusier

A striking black-and-white portrait by the legendary portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh, capturing the iconic Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier with his characteristic round glasses and penetrating gaze. Rendered in rich tonal gradations through the gelatin silver process, the image conveys both intellectual intensity and quiet authority. Karsh's masterful use of light and shadow sculpts the subject's face, revealing the depth and complexity of one of the twentieth century's most influential architectural visionaries.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.

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Important Photographs from the Collection of Dr. Anthony Terrana

April 2, 2013

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Yousuf Karsh, Le Corbusier

A striking black-and-white portrait by the legendary portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh, capturing the iconic Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier with his characteristic round glasses and penetrating gaze. Rendered in rich tonal gradations through the gelatin silver process, the image conveys both intellectual intensity and quiet authority. Karsh's masterful use of light and shadow sculpts the subject's face, revealing the depth and complexity of one of the twentieth century's most influential architectural visionaries.

Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Canadian Photographer, 20th Century, Male Artist, Architectural Figure, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Formal Portrait, Modernist Subject, Portrait Photography, Master Photographer

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