Cigar-snatching Churchill photographer Yousuf Karsh, 93
Posted: Sunday, July 14th, 2002 3:17 am
Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, whose pictures of British politician Winston Churchill, scientist Albert Einstein and author Ernest Hemingway earned his widespread recognition around the world, died here today at 93, according to a local hospital official. …
In December 1941 he made a portrait of a defiant Churchill, which later became a symbol of Britain’s courage and fighting spirit during World War II and brought Karsh international recognition.
The photograph was taken on short notice, minutes after Churchill delivered a rousing address at the House of Commons.
Karsh asked the British leader to take his trademark cigar out of his mouth and, when he ignored the request, stepped forward and snatched it from Churchill’s mouth.
The picture captured an irate Churchill glowering at the photographer. … Read full obituary
