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Re: [OM] Karsh, was Photographic manipulation rants

Subject: Re: [OM] Karsh, was Photographic manipulation rants
From: "Tom Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:07:10 -0400
On Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 16:01, mms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "[OM]  Karsh, was Photographic manipulation rants" saying:

> Tom Trottier wrote:
> 
> > When I worked for Yosuf Karsh 40 years ago
> 
> Well, I'll be a....  I had no idea, Tom.  I'd like to hear more
> about this.  I'd also like to see that Bardot negative. 

Canada's National Archives bought all his negatives, prints and papers 
in 1987 and 1995. You can visit & see. Call ahead: 
http://www.archives.ca/09/09_e.html

> Did he really steal Churchill's cigar?

Yep - that's why Winston looked so angry. 
Karsh thought cigars were undignified for great men.
 
> Morgan
> 


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