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About Yousuf Karsh The photographer is understood for his portraits of many prominent individuals throughout history. After running World War I, he agreed with his maternal uncle in Quebec. A born Arabic speaker, he evolved fluent in both English and French. His uncle was the one that would guide his art and business of photography. He extended his first studio in Ottawa in the year 1932. He notably only photographed people who were recognized and/or prominent figures in society. When questioned why over the years, he had bold answers such as regarding the world’s most amazing cross-section of individuals were the minority that really made the world go round versus the common bulk of citizens, and that he did it for his own immortality. Flourishing as such, at the information of his passing, the Los Angeles Times directed to him as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th…