Who took the most famous portrait of Churchill?

Yousuf karsh photographed Churchill's most famous portrait, Angry Churchill.

Yousuf karsh, a famous Canadian photographer (190865438+February 23-July 2002 13), was born in an Armenian Christian family in Mardin.

The portrait of angry Churchill was taken during World War II. At that time, Cash, who took pictures of Churchill, then British Prime Minister, suddenly grabbed Churchill's cigar in order to capture Churchill's angry expression. Suddenly, Churchill's eyes widened with incredible anger, and Cash decided to capture this fleeting moment.

Among the works, Angry Churchill is regarded as the most widely used photographic work in the history of photography, and it has also become a propaganda poster for Britain's counterattack against fascist Germany.

Extended data:

Yusef Cash came to his uncle's house in Quebec, Canada alone 1924. His uncle is a photographer there, so Cash helped his uncle in the darkroom during the summer vacation. On his 17 birthday, Cash received his first camera. After that, Cash became more and more interested in photography, so his uncle sent him to his friend John Gallo in Boston to learn his photography skills.

193 1 year, Cash returned to Canada and set up a small photo studio in Ottawa with photographer john powers, who became famous for taking photos of the Governor-General of Canada, Count Bessborough. 1935 was awarded the position of official photographer in Canada.

19411February 3 10, Yusef Cash took a group of portraits of Winston Churchill who gave a speech in the lower house of the Canadian parliament.

Years later, Joseph Cash recalled the situation at that time: "He was not in the mood to take portraits, and only gave me two minutes to take pictures. In these two short minutes, I racked my brains to think about how to reshape his image. After all, he is already the most famous person in the world, and his photos have been published in countless newspapers and magazines ... "

The angry Churchill made Yusef Cash one of the most famous portrait photographers in the world, and countless celebrities and successful people flocked to him, all proud of making Cash take portrait photos. However, people only saw Cash's success after the angry Churchill, but ignored his hard work 15 years before that.

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China News Network-Cultural News → Angry Churchill and Smiling Churchill appear at the same time.