Armenian Yousuf Karsh photographed Queen Elizabeth II five times between 1943 and 1987

World famous Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh between 1943 and 1987, including the three powerful portraits on view—capturing her first as a warm, spontaneous princess and then later as the elegant queen she became, the British Embassy of Armenia writes in a Facebook post.

Yousuf Karsh has snapped portraits of some of the most iconic figures of the last century. His wide-ranging pool of subjects includes Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Joan Crawford, and Walt Disney.

by Yousuf Karsh, bromide print, 1951

by Yousuf Karsh, bromide print, 1951

by Yousuf Karsh, bromide print, 1951

by Yousuf Karsh, cibachrome print, 1966

by Yousuf Karsh, cibachrome print, 1966

by Yousuf Karsh, bromide print, 1966

by Yousuf Karsh, cibachrome print, 1984

by Yousuf Karsh, cibachrome print, 1984

by Yousuf Karsh, bromide print, 1943

 

 

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS