Yousuf Karsh Quotes

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.

Yousuf Karsh

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• It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.

  

  Yousuf Karsh
  • Aim
  • Photographer
  • Exposure