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Subject: [Leica] The Other great Canadian Photog pix of Churchill
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 21:10:52 -0400
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At the Chateau Laurier hotel, in Ottawa, a number of portraits taken by 
Karsh, hang in the lobby.  Churchill's portrait is there.

My favourite is Einstein's portrait.

....Vick



On 9/4/2011 9:03 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> I don't know if I ever saw that portrait before; probably did some 
> time in the past since it is quite famous. But here I am all alone in 
> the house (except for the cat) and at first glance I exclaim out loud: 
> "That is good. Oh, that IS good!"
>
> Herb
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A local gallery just put up a print for sale by the second most famous
>> Canadian photographer,  Yousef Karsh... the pretty well know photo of
>> Churchill.
>>
>> It's worth looking at again, I hadn't seen it in awhile.
>> http://www.afterimagegallery.com/karshchurchill.htm
>>
>> Good story too.
>>
>> Leo Wesson
>> Photographer/Videographer
>> 817.733.9157
>> www.leowesson.com
>>
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