Alex VerbeekDec 23, 2022
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(1/3) Portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh was born #OnThisDay in 1908.
Karsh called this picture of Winston Churchill “The Roaring Lion”.
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(2/3) On my usual run in Ottawa, I always pass the burst the Armenian-Canadian photographer. Here is a photo:
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Show threadAlex VerbeekDec 23, 2022
(3/3) Perhaps some people would like to see the strings come together in this article that I wrote last April: it’s about Ottawa, Chateau Laurier, the Titanic, Churchill, and I believe I mentioned Karsh too, who stayed or even lived in Chateau Laurier.
➡️ https://open.substack.com/pub/theplanet/p/walking-in-ottawa-hotel-chateau-laurier
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Walking in Ottawa: Hotel Château Laurier

The fascinating history of the famous hotel, the Rideau Canal and the city of Ottawa

The Planet
Show threadBojan FĂĽrstDec 23, 2022
@Alex_Verbeek Karsh did indeed live at the Château. In the reading lounge, there is a bunch of Karsh portraits there including George Bernard Shaw and Georgia O’Keeffe. Maria Tippett wrote a pretty good biography of Karsh worth tracking down. Also, somebody apparently stole the famous Churchill portrait for there recently! https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/churchill-portrait-stolen-from-chateau-laurier-8-months-ago-hotel-officials-1.6038897
Churchill portrait stolen from Chateau Laurier 8 months ago: hotel officials

The photograph of Sir Winston Churchill taken from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel was stolen about eight months ago and replaced with a copy, hotel officials said Tuesday.

Ottawa
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)Dec 23, 2022

@Alex_Verbeek "Capturing the capturer" -- photographers in front of the camera, rather than behind, are few and far between. Not sure I know of any other statues of photographers.

Thanks for these.

Show threadAlex VerbeekDec 23, 2022
@RichStein there is the Daguerre statue in DC
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)Dec 23, 2022
@Alex_Verbeek I will have to look for it on my next trip to DC. Did not know. Thanks!
Show threadHangint3nDec 23, 2022
@Alex_Verbeek Pass by there every day.